Language And Law

What is legal language and where is it found? What does a forensic linguist do? How can linguistic skills help legal professionals? We are constantly surrounded by legal language, but sometimes it is almost impossible to understand. Providing extracts from real-life legal cases, this highly usable and accessible textbook brims with helpful examples and activities that will help you to navigate this area. Language and Law: - Introduces useful linguistic concepts and tools - Outlines the methods linguists employ to analyse legal language and language in legal situations - Includes topics on such as: written legal language; threats, warnings and speech act theory; courtroom interactions and the work linguists do to help solve crimes; physical and 'spoken' signs; and the creativity of legal language

• • Author: Annabelle Mooney
• • Publisher: Red Globe Press
• • Publication Date: Mar 10, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 224 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137017953
• • ISBN-13: 9781137017956