Exploring courtroom discourse : the language of power and control / edited by Anne Wagner and Le Cheng.
2011
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Title
Exploring courtroom discourse : the language of power and control / edited by Anne Wagner and Le Cheng.
Published
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
K213 .E65 2011
ISBN
9781409423478 (hardback : alk. paper)
1409423476 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781409423485 (ebook)
1409423484 (ebook)
1409423476 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781409423485 (ebook)
1409423484 (ebook)
Description
xvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)692084843
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
vii
Notes on Contributors
ix
Foreword: Power of and to Language in Law / Deborah Cao
xv
1.
Language, Power and Control in Courtroom Discourse / Le Cheng
1
pt. I
POWER AND CONTROL IN LANGUAGE
2.
Understanding Courtroom Communication through Cultural Scripts / Kirn McCaul
11
3.
Witnesses on Trial: Address and Referring Terms in US Cases / Sarah Dettenwanger
29
4.
(False) Confessions Become Compelling at Trial / Gillian Grebler
47
5.
The Role of Metadiscourse in Counsels' Questions / Silvia Cavalieri
79
6.
Constructing Legal Narratives: Client-lawyers' Stories / Flora Di Donato
111
pt. II
POWER AND CONTROL BEHIND LANGUAGE
7.
Magical Images in Law / Christine A. Corcos
131
8.
The Construction of Admissions of Fault through American Rules of Evidence: Speech, Silence and Significance in the Legal Creation of Liability / Janet Ainsworth
177
9.
The Construction of Truth in Legal Decision-making / Petrina Schiavi
193
10.
Hidden Penalties Faced by Non-English Speakers in the UK Criminal Justice System: An Interpreting Perspective / Roxana Rycroft
209
11.
Language Alternation in Kenyan and Malaysian Courts / Maya Khemlani David
227
12.
The Place of Arbitration in Online Proceedings as a Simulacrum / Joanna Jemielniak
251
Index
263