Forensic linguistics, an increasingly popular option with students, is the study of language & the law, covering topics from legal language & courtroom discourse to plagiarism. It looks at the linguist as expert providing evidence for the defence & prosecution, investigating are…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Legal words, murder, plagiarism, trademarks and a voice hoax -- Who is this book for? -- Organisation of the book -- Reading and research tasks and how they fu…
'Language in Evidence' presents an overview of the interface of language and the law. Illustrated with authentic data and contemporary case studies, it covers topics including collection of evidence, discourse, courtroom interaction, legal language, comprehension and forensic ph…
Critical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to language in legal settings -- The language of the law -- Emergency service calls and police interviewing -- Trial discourse -- The work of the forensic linguist -- Forensic phonetics -- Authorship attribution -- On textual …
'Language in Evidence' presents an overview of the interface of language and the law. Illustrated with authentic data and contemporary case studies, it covers topics including collection of evidence, discourse, courtroom interaction, legal language, comprehension and forensic ph…
'Language in Evidence' presents an overview of the interface of language and the law. Illustrated with authentic data and contemporary case studies, it covers topics including collection of evidence, discourse, courtroom interaction, legal language, comprehension and forensic ph…
