Dimensions of forensic linguistics
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Dimensions of forensic linguistics
(AILA applied linguistics series, v. 5)
J. Benjamins, c2008
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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.
Table of Contents
- 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
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