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The Language of Jury Trial: A Corpus-Aided Linguistic Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse
Chris Heffer
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Description for The Language of Jury Trial: A Corpus-Aided Linguistic Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse
Hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; CFB; LASD; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries. Careful analyses of genres such as witness examination and the judge's summing-up reveal a strategic tension between a desire to persuade the jury and the need to conform to legal constraints. The book also suggests ways of managing this tension linguistically to help, not hinder, the jury.
Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries. Careful analyses of genres such as witness examination and the judge's summing-up reveal a strategic tension between a desire to persuade the jury and the need to conform to legal constraints. The book also suggests ways of managing this tension linguistically to help, not hinder, the jury.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403942470
SKU
V9781403942470
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Ref
99-15
About Chris Heffer
CHRIS HEFFER is a lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, Wales, where he teaches forensic linguistics and language and culture.
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