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Analysing legal transcripts : applying cognitive linguistics to transcripts from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) /

This case study demonstrates the benefits of cognitive linguistic methods in the analysis of legal transcripts, in particular, the applications of discourse space theory, a recent cognitive linguistic theory developed by Professor Paul Chilton. Using text from a case tried before the International C...

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Main Author: Perrin, Kristen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 > Research > Case studies.
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991
Cognitive grammar > Case studies.
Trial transcripts > Research > Case studies.
Grammaire cognitive > Études de cas.
Procès > Sténographies > Recherche > Études de cas.
Cognitive grammar
Research
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This case study demonstrates the benefits of cognitive linguistic methods in the analysis of legal transcripts, in particular, the applications of discourse space theory, a recent cognitive linguistic theory developed by Professor Paul Chilton. Using text from a case tried before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, these methods show us that there is more to be analysed in these transcripts than questions of law - linguistic methods can tell us more about the frames of mind of those testifying in court, which in turn reveals much about communities struggling to renew after ethnic conflict.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781473951372
1473951372