Forensic linguistics : an introduction to language in the justice system / by John Gibbons.

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Publication details:
Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
Record id:
23683
Author:
Gibbons, John.
Series:
Language in society.
Subject:
Law -- Language.
Law -- Terminology.
Forensic linguistics.
English language -- Semantics.
Contents:
1. Literacy and the law
2. The pursuit of precision
3. Interaction and power
4. Telling the story
5. Communication issues in the legal system
6. Language and disadvantage before the law
7. Bridging the gap
8. Law on language
9. Linguistic evidence.
ISBN:
0631212477
Phys. description:
viii, 337 p.