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Forensic Discourse - Chris Heffer

Forensic Discourse

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Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2024
Continuum Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-0-8264-4125-6 (ISBN)
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Looks at the language used in judicial settings using forensic discourse analysis, covering theory and proposing reform. This book is suitable for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates studying forensic linguistics and applied linguistics in general.
This title looks language used in judicial settings using forensic discourse analysis, covering theory and proposing reform. Forensic discourse analysis can be summarised as the systematic analysis of language used in judicial settings. This type of discourse is of central importance in society's legal process and is the medium for hugely important conversations and decisions. To understand and analyse it fully, then, is key. However, just as much as the text, the contexts of production and reception of these texts need to be considered, too. Heffer considers the definition of Forensic Discourse Analysis, an approach set apart from the broad scope of 'forensic linguistics', yet more broad than the analysis of forensic linguistic evidence. He also performs in-depth analyses of legal-lay communication, narrative in forensic settings, conflict, comprehensibility of forensic discourse and the discourse of expert evidence. The book ends with suggestions on how the findings could lead to effective reforms of forensic discourse and returns to central methodological questions.
It will essential reading for all upper level undergraduates and postgraduates studying forensic linguistics and applied linguistics in general. Discourse is one of the most significant concepts of contemporary thinking in the humanities and social sciences as it concerns the ways language mediates and shapes our interactions with each other and with the social, political and cultural formations of our society. "The Continuum Discourse Series" aims to capture the fast-developing interest in discourse to provide students, new and experienced teachers and researchers in applied linguistics, ELT and English language with an essential bookshelf. Each book deals with a core topic in discourse studies to give an in-depth, structured and readable introduction to an aspect of the way language is used in real life.

Dr Chris Heffer is Director of the MA in Forensic Linguistics at Cardiff University, UK

1. Forensic Discourse Analysis; 2. Discourse and the Legal System; 3. Legal-Lay Communication; 4. Constructing Narrative in Forensic Settings; 5. Conflict in Forensic Discourse; 6. The Comprehensibility of Forensic Discourse; 7. The Discourse of Expert Evidence; 8. Reforming Forensic Discourse; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.9.2024
Reihe/Serie Continuum Discourse
Zusatzinfo 20 bw illustrations
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-8264-4125-4 / 0826441254
ISBN-13 978-0-8264-4125-6 / 9780826441256
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