The language of defendants in the 17th-century English courtroom
Subtitle: a socio-pragmatic analysis of the prisoners' interactional role and representation
By: Elisabetta Cecconi
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783034311106
Subjects: Defense (Criminal procedure); Criminal procedure; Discourse analysis; Language; Trials (Political crimes and offenses); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The 17th-century English courtroom; title: Defendants and professionals : verbal duelling in the arraignment section; title: Defence construction in the evidence phase; title: Representation of defendants as a form of political propaganda.