Working in Language and Law
Subtitle: A German Perspective
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780230551428
Subjects: Advocacy; Discourse analysis; Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech); Rhetoric; Law (Specific Aspects); Language Arts & Disciplines; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Language; Communication; Forensic Science; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; General; Linguistics; Forensic linguistics; Germany; Identification; Writing
Description: Working in Language and Law: A German Perspective is a detailed account of the forensic linguistic work done by the author in the last 35 years. It provides exemplary insights into an ever-expanding field of expert testimony focusing on the situation in Germany since the seventies. Covering all major areas of the field including the problems and caveats of each, it outlines future tasks and developments. Of special interest are the explicit and implicit contrasts between the American and the German 'systems'.