| Description |
xiv, 207 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm |
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Language & Series |
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Language & series.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: Moving between languages -- Details, details -- Which language? -- Where are you from? -- Conclusion -- 7.The CSI effect? -- Three ways to find a speaker -- It's my word! -- Making it clear -- Listening, looking and measuring -- Fingerprinting a voice? -- Painting a picture -- Lining them up -- Too clever for court -- One solution -- Did you hear what he said? -- Conclusion -- 8.The pen is mighty -- Put it in writing -- The trouble with ̀the' -- Do you really remember? -- A particular hand? -- Keeping it short -- Missing -- Lying? Can we tell? -- Conclusion -- 9.Once upon a time -- It's not what you say ... -- Narratives in pieces -- The instructive narrative -- Judgement as story -- Story in and of the trial -- Conclusion -- 10.Signs in time and space -- Heed the octagon! -- The letters tell a story -- Not a normal sign -- Careful! -- ̀I am a real sign' -- Spoken signs -- Conclusion |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Finding the language -- Twittering away -- The six functions of language -- Axes of combination -- Creativity -- Conclusion -- 2.The language of law -- Up close and odd -- Saying it twice -- The sign -- Compounding the complexity -- Laying it out -- Putting it together -- Searching for clarity -- Conclusion -- 3.Don't do it! -- Read this! -- Doing things with words: speech acts -- Happy yet? -- Did you mean it? -- Is that a promise or a threat? -- More than words -- What is it? -- Conclusion -- 4.That's not what I meant! -- Not wanting to say -- Presupposition -- A meeting with the law -- Is silence golden? -- When a question is not a question -- Conclusion -- 5.The trials of language -- Stating and statements -- The courtroom context -- Examining examination -- The counter argument -- Who is speaking to whom? -- Conclusion -- 6.Different language different rules -- Not the standard variety -- Aboriginal English -- More than one silence -- |
| Summary |
An accessible introduction to forensic linguistics and the linguistic methods they employ. Containing real-life examples, this work shows that linguistic tools are invaluable in exploring legal language and language with legal consequences, and that lawyers are also language experts who exploit the 'normal' rules of language in ingenious ways |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Forensic linguistics.
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Law -- Language.
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Semiotics (Law)
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| ISBN |
9781137017949 (paperback) |
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