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Interpreter-mediated Police Interviews: A Discourse-Pragmatic Approach
Ikuko Nakane
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Description for Interpreter-mediated Police Interviews: A Discourse-Pragmatic Approach
Hardcover. This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; LAR; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process.
This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230355149
SKU
V9780230355149
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99-15
About Ikuko Nakane
Ikuko Nakane is Senior Lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research areas include language and law, intercultural communication and Japanese sociolinguistics. She is the author of Silence in Intercultural Communication and a number of articles in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics journals.
Reviews for Interpreter-mediated Police Interviews: A Discourse-Pragmatic Approach
“Explore the impact of interpreter mediation on police investigative interviews and the challenges that arise for those involved, with a view to recommending strategies towards a more effective handling of these. … Nakane’s monograph sets out to approach the interpreter-mediated suspect interview as tripartite interaction taking place in a specific institutional context. … the monograph by Nakane is directed primarily ... Read more