Dimensions of forensic linguistics / edited by John Gibbons, M. Teresa Turell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibbons, John, 1946-

Turell, M. Teresa, 1949-

Series:

AILA applied linguistics series ; v. 5.

AILA applied linguistics series ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Language.

Law.

Forensic linguistics.

Law--Translating.

Physical Description:

vi, 316 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume functions as a guide to the multidisciplinary nature of Forensic Linguistics understood in its broadest sense as the interface between language and the law. It seeks to address the links in this relatively young field between theory, method and data, without neglecting the need for new research questions in the field. Perhaps the most striking feature of this collection is its range, strikingly illustrating the multi-dimensionality of Forensic Linguistics. All of the contributions share a preoccupation with the painstaking linguistic work involved, using and interpreting data in a restrained and reasoned way.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Introduction

Part I. The language of the law

The nature of legal language

Language education for law professionals

The language and communication of jury instruction

Policespeak

Legal translation

Part II. The language of the court

Questioning in common law criminal courts

Bilingual courtrooms: In the interests of justice?

The silent witness: Pragmatic and literal interpretations

Language and disadvantage before the law

Interpreting for the minority

Part III. Forensic linguistic evidence

Approaching questions in forensic authorship analysis

Trademarks and other proprietary terms

Deception and fraud

Plagiarism

Contributors

Language index

Subject index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612104480

9781282104488

1282104489

9789027291158

9027291152