| Description |
xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
MM textbooks |
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MM textbooks.
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| Contents |
Transcript conventions and abbreviations -- Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process -- Researching courtroom talk -- Focus on trials -- Second language speakers and interpreters -- Vulnerable witnesses -- Courtroom talk and societal power relations -- Police interviews -- Police interviews with members of minority groups -- Lawyer-client interactions -- Informal and alternative legal processes -- What (else) can sociolinguistics do? -- Legal glossary -- Sociolinguistic glossary |
| Summary |
Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process is an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Drawing on a wide range of topics, it explores what sociolinguistic research can tell us about how language works and doesnt work in the legal process |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and indexes |
| Subject |
Law -- Language.
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Sociolinguistics.
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| LC no. |
2010005052 |
| ISBN |
1847692532 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1847692540 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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1847692559 (ebook) |
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9781847692535 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781847692542 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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9781847692559 (ebook) |
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