Editorial Palgrave Macmillan
Lugar de edición
Portugal
Fecha de edición febrero 2014 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781137017949
224 páginas
Libro
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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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