Courtroom talk and neocolonial control / by Diana Eades.

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Superior document:Language, power and social process ; 22
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Language, power, and social process ; 22.
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Physical Description:xviii, 389 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the theoretical scene
  • The societal and institutional struggle
  • Features of Aboriginal English communicative style
  • Lexical strategies
  • Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction
  • Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order : David
  • More court appearances than some solicitors : Albert
  • Not a person to be overborne: Barry
  • No fear of the police : closing the Pinkenba case
  • Developments since the Pinkenba case
  • The power of courtroom talk.