Sociolinguistics and the legal process
By: Diana Eades.
Series: MM textbooks -- 5
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847692542; 9781847692535; 9781847692559
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Law -- Language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of figures; title: Transcript conventions and abbreviations; title: Acknowledgements; title: Part I. Introduction: 1. Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process; title: Part II. courtroom hearings: 2. Researching courtroom talk; title: 3. Focus on trials; title: 4. Second language speakers and interpreters; title: 5. Vulnerable witnesses; title: 6. Courtroom talk and societal power relations; title: Part III. Police interviews: 7. Police interviews; title: 8. Police interviews with members of minority groups; title: Part IV. Other legal contexts: 9. Lawyer-client interactions; title: 10. Informal and alternative legal processes; title: Part V. Conclusion: 11. What (else) can sociolinguistics do?; title: References; title: Legal glossary; title: Sociolinguistic glossary.