Gibbons

Gebundenes Buch

Forensic Linguistics

Beschreibung

Forensic Linguistics is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law. Examining the nature of legal language, the first half of the book demonstrates that the law is an overwhelmingly linguistic institution, since laws are coded in language and the concepts that are used to construct the law are accessible only through language. The book also explores the language of contracts and the language of legal processes, such as court cases, police investigations and the management of prisoners. The second half of Forensic Linguistics is more socially applied. It discusses the difficulty of understanding legal language, and linguistic sources of disadvantage before the law, particularly for ethnic minorities, children and abused women. The volume then considers legislation on language, including language crimes, as well as linguistic evidence.

Autor

John Gibbons teaches in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is author of Code Mixing and Code Choice (1987), editor of Language and the Law (1994), and co-editor of Learning, Keeping, and Using Language (1991). He is President of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, and is on the board of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics and Discurso y Sociedad.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9780631212461
• ISBN-10: 0631212469
• Artikelnr.: 21173923

Rezensionen

"Forensic Linguistics fills a major gap and will beinvaluable to those who teach courses on language and the law atboth undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is wide ranging andaccessible, with a large references section - ideal as anintroduction to the subject. I will certainly use it with my ownstudents." Malcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham

"This book brings a wealth of knowledge to the study of languageand law. It should be of interest to a wide audience, includingsociologists and anthropologists interested in studying such thingsas power relationships among participants in the legal systemthrough close examination of linguistic behavior. The book morethan meets its stated goal, "to open a door on thefascinating and important relationship between language and the lawin its many aspects." Lawrence M. Solan, Brooklyn LawSchool

"John Gibbons' book Forensic Linguistics provides a lucidoverview of the general concepts and issues relating to linguisticcommunication in the justice system." New Zealand Studies inApplied Linguistics

"This is part of Blackwell's excellent Language inSociety series, and Gibbon's well-written and broadly engagingtextbook continues that tradition... it is already receiving praisefrom students, students who judge books not only on scholarlycontent but accessibility... Forensic Linguistics willbecome the primary text in the growing interdisciplinary field oflegal language and discourse." Discourse and Society