Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process /

Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process / / Diana Eades.

Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process is an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Its central focus is the exploration of what sociolinguistic research can tell us about how language works and doesn’t work in the legal process. Written for r...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Eades, Diana,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:MM Textbooks
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Transcript conventions and abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION
  • 1: Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process
  • PART 2: COURTROOM HEARINGS
  • 2: Researching courtroom talk
  • 3: Focus on trials
  • 4: Second language speakers and interpreters
  • 5: Vulnerable witnesses
  • 6: Courtroom talk and societal power relations
  • PART 3: POLICE INTERVIEWS
  • 7: Police interviews
  • 8: Police interviews with members of minority groups
  • PART 4: OTHER LEGAL CONTEXTS
  • 9: Lawyer–client interactions
  • 10: Informal and alternative legal processes
  • PART 5: CONCLUSION
  • 11: What (else) can sociolinguistics do?
  • Notes
  • Legal glossary
  • Sociolinguistic glossary
  • References
  • Subject index
  • Author index

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