Language and Law - Annabelle Mooney

Language and Law

Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2014 | 1st ed. 2014
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-1-137-01795-6 (ISBN)
114,45 inkl. MwSt
What is legal language and where is it found? What does a forensic linguist do? How can linguistic skills help legal professionals?

We are constantly surrounded by legal language, but sometimes it is almost impossible to understand. Providing extracts from real-life legal cases, this highly usable and accessible textbook brims with helpful examples and activities that will help you to navigate this area.

Language and Law:
• introduces useful linguistic concepts and tools
• outlines the methods linguists employ to analyse legal language and language in legal situations
• includes topics on such as: written legal language; threats, warnings and speech act theory; courtroom interactions and the work linguists do to help solve crimes; physical and 'spoken' signs; and the creativity of legal language

Annabelle Mooney is a Reader in Sociolinguistics, Department of Media, Culture and Language at the University of Roehampton, UK. Her research concerns language and the law, and she is currently working on human rights.

Introduction.- 1. Finding the Language.- 2. The Language of Law.- 3. Don't Do it!.- 4. That's Not What I Meant.- 5. The Trials of Language.- 6. Different Language Different Rules.- 7. The CSI Effect?.- 8. The Pen is Mighty.- 9. Once Upon a Time.- 10. Signs in Time and Space.- Coda.- References.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
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Zusatzinfo 224 p.
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 421 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-137-01795-3 / 1137017953
ISBN-13 978-1-137-01795-6 / 9781137017956
Zustand Neuware
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