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
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