The language of defamation cases
By: Roger W. Shuy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195391329
Subjects: Libel and slander -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fighting over defamatory language; title: How linguistics fits into the picture; title: A sixth-grade teacher goes after the local press; title: Widow of a murdered man sues a local TV station; title: A religious leader, the TV media and the FCC; title: Las Vegas headliner Wayne Newton sues NBC; title: Verbal duels between linguistics experts in a case brought by an Ohio Supreme Court justice against a newspaper; title: Optometrists vs. ophthalmologists; title: Otolaryngologists vs. plastic surgeons; title: Infighting in the hair care products industry; title: A policy holder sues her insurance company; title: An employee sues her employer; title: A corporation files a lawsuit against its union; title: So are we making any progress?