Analysing legal transcripts : applying cognitive linguistics to transcripts from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) / Kristen Perrin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perrin, Kristen, author.

Series:

SAGE research methods. Cases.

SAGE research methods. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991--Research--Case studies.

International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.

Cognitive grammar--Case studies.

Cognitive grammar.

Trial transcripts--Research--Case studies.

Trial transcripts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2014.

Summary:

This case study demonstrates the benefits of cognitive linguistic methods in the analysis of legal transcripts, in particular, the applications of discourse space theory, a recent cognitive linguistic theory developed by Professor Paul Chilton. Using text from a case tried before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, these methods show us that there is more to be analysed in these transcripts than questions of law - linguistic methods can tell us more about the frames of mind of those testifying in court, which in turn reveals much about communities struggling to renew after ethnic conflict.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 10, 2015).

ISBN:

9781473951372 (ebook) :

OCLC:

953359550