Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics
Published on 21. November 2008
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-90-272-0521-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume functions as a guide to the multidisciplinary nature of Forensic Linguistics understood in its broadest sense as the interface between language and the law. It seeks to address the links in this relatively young field between theory, method and data, without neglecting the need for new research questions in the field. Perhaps the most striking feature of this collection is its range, strikingly illustrating the multi-dimensionality of Forensic Linguistics. All of the contributions share a preoccupation with the painstaking linguistic work involved, using and interpreting data in a restrained and reasoned way.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0521-6 (9789027205216)
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John Gibbons | M. Teresa Turell
Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics
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Content
1. Introduction (by Gibbons, John); 2. Part I. The language of the law; 3. The nature of legal language (by Tiersma, Peter); 4. Language education for law professionals (by Northcott, Jill); 5. The language and communication of jury instruction (by Heffer, Chris); 6. Policespeak (by Hall, Phil); 7. Legal translation (by Alcaraz Varo, Enrique); 8. Part II. The language of the court; 9. Questioning in common law criminal courts (by Gibbons, John); 10. Bilingual courtrooms: In the interests of justice? (by Powell, Richard); 11. The silent witness: Pragmatic and literal interpretations (by Kurzon, Dennis); 12. Language and disadvantage before the law (by Eades, Diana); 13. Interpreting for the minority (by Leung, Ester); 14. Part III. Forensic linguistic evidence; 15. Approaching questions in forensic authorship analysis (by Grant, Tim); 16. Trademarks and other proprietary terms (by Butters, Ronald R.); 17. Deception and fraud (by Eggington, William); 18. Plagiarism (by Turell, M. Teresa); 19. Contributors; 20. Language index; 21. Subject index