The jury summation as speech genre : an ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it / Bettyruth Walter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walter, Bettyruth.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 1.

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Summation (Law)--United States.

Summation (Law).

Forensic oratory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American courtroom trial is a speech situation. Everything occurs through the spoken word. The 'summation', as speech event embedded within the trial, which is the chronological and psychological culmination of it, is one of the few opportunities for the lawyer to communicate directly with jurors. But the speech genre summation involves preliminaries as well as the event itself; and it can affect the aftermath of the trial, for the decisions of the jurors may be influenced by this discourse.This ethnographic study considers the summation from three perspectives: that of the producer, from

Contents:

THE JURY SUMMATION AS SPEECH GENRE; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Abstract; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; 1 .Introduction; SECTION1: The Sender; SECTION 2: The Observer; SECTION3: The Receiver; APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; ATTORNEY INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes (p. [249]-259).

ISBN:

1-283-17432-4

9786613174321

90-272-8338-9

OCLC:

756000191