Language and Law (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2014)

What is legal language and where is it found? What does a forensic linguist do? How can linguistic skills help legal professionals? We are constantly surrounded by legal language, but sometimes it is almost impossible to understand. Providing extracts from real-life legal cases, this highly usable and accessible textbook brims with helpful examples and activities that will help you to navigate this area. Language and Law: * introduces useful linguistic concepts and tools * outlines the methods linguists employ to analyse legal language and language in legal situations * includes topics on such as: written legal language; threats, warnings and speech act theory; courtroom interactions and the work linguists do to help solve crimes; physical and 'spoken' signs; and the creativity of legal language

General

Imprint:	Red Globe Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Language and...
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Annabelle Mooney
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-01795-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Pragmatics Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal skills & practice > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-01795-3
Barcode:	9781137017956

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