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An introduction to forensic linguistics : language in evidence /

by Coulthard, Malcolm; Johnson, Alison.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007Description: x, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780415320238 (pbk.); 0415320232 (pbk.); 9780415320245 (hardback); 0415320240 (hardback).Subject(s): Forensic linguistics
Contents:
Approaching a forensic text -- The language of the law -- Legal genres -- Collecting evidence : calls to the emergency services and first encounters with witnesses and suspects -- Order in court -- The work of the forensic linguist -- The work of the forensic phonetician and the document examiner -- Idiolect and uniqueness of encoding -- On textual borrowing -- The linguist as expert witness.
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K2287.5 C68 2007 (Browse shelf) Available 00016370
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-231) and index.

Approaching a forensic text -- The language of the law -- Legal genres -- Collecting evidence : calls to the emergency services and first encounters with witnesses and suspects -- Order in court -- The work of the forensic linguist -- The work of the forensic phonetician and the document examiner -- Idiolect and uniqueness of encoding -- On textual borrowing -- The linguist as expert witness.


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