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From Utterances to Speech Acts

By Mikhail Kissine

"Kissine offers a new theory of speech acts which is philosophically sophisticated and builds on work in cognitive science, formal semantics, and linguistic typology. This highly readable, brilliant essay is a major contribution to the field."

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Title: Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process
Written By: Diana Eades
URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781847692535
Series Title: MM Textbooks
Description:

Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process is an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Its central focus is the exploration of what sociolinguistic research can tell us about how language works and doesn’t work in the legal process. Written for readers who may not have prior knowledge of sociolinguistics or the law, the book has an accessible style combined with discussion questions and exercises as well as topics for assignments, term papers, theses and dissertations. A wide range of legal contexts are investigated, including courtroom hearings, police interviews, lawyer interviews as well as small claims courts, mediation, youth justice conferencing and indigenous courts. The final chapter looks at how sociolinguists can contribute to the legal process: as expert witnesses, through legal education, and through investigating the role of language in the perpetuation of inequality in and through the legal process.

Publication Year: 2010
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Forensic Linguistics

Versions:
Format: Hardback
ISBN-13: 9781847692542
Pages: 320
Prices: U.K. £ 69.95

 
 
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781847692535
Pages: 320
Prices: U.K. £ 21.95

 
 
Format: Hardback
ISBN-13: 9781847692542
Pages: 320
Prices: U.S. $ 129.95

 
 
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781847692535
Pages: 320
Prices: U.S. $ 39.95