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Sociolinguistics and the legal process /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eades, Diana, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2010]
Series:MM textbooks.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics.
Law > Language.
Table of Contents:
  • Transcript conventions and abbreviations
  • Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process
  • Researching courtroom talk
  • Focus on trials
  • Second language speakers and interpreters
  • Vulnerable witnesses
  • Courtroom talk and societal power relations
  • Police interviews
  • Police interviews with members of minority groups
  • Lawyer-client interactions
  • Informal and alternative legal processes
  • What (else) can sociolinguistics do?
  • Legal glossary
  • Sociolinguistic glossary.