{"product_id":"forensic-linguistics-isbn-9780631212478","title":"Forensic Linguistics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForensic Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an integrated and fully theorized understanding of language and law issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains many helpful examples from genuine legal contexts and texts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses linguistic sources of disadvantage before the law, particularly for ethnic minorities, children and abused women.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples and Conventions vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Law and Language 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Literacy and the Law 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Pursuit of Precision 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Interaction and Power 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Telling the Story 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Communication Issues in the Legal System 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Language and Disadvantage before the Law 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Bridging the Gap 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Law on Language 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Linguistic Evidence 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Legal Cases and Legislation 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 329\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eForensic Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e fills a major gap and will be invaluable to those who teach courses on language and the law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is wide ranging and accessible, with a large references section – ideal as an introduction to the subject. I will certainly use it with my own students.\" \u003ci\u003eMalcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book brings a wealth of knowledge to the study of language and law. It should be of interest to a wide audience, including sociologists and anthropologists interested in studying such things as power relationships among participants in the legal system through close examination of linguistic behavior. The book more than meets its stated goal, “to open a door on the fascinating and important relationship between language and the law in its many aspects.\" \u003ci\u003eLawrence M. Solan, Brooklyn Law School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"John Gibbons' book \u003ci\u003eForensic Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e provides a lucid overview of the general concepts and issues relating to linguistic communication in the justice system.\" \u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is part of Blackwell's excellent \u003ci\u003eLanguage in Society\u003c\/i\u003e series, and Gibbon's well-written and broadly engaging textbook continues that tradition... it is already receiving praise from students, students who judge books not only on scholarly content but accessibility... \u003ci\u003eForensic Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e will become the primary text in the growing interdisciplinary field of legal language and discourse.\" \u003ci\u003eDiscourse and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCode Mixing and Code Choice\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eLearning, Keeping, and Using Language\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). He is President of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, and is on the board of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics and Discurso y Sociedad. \u003ci\u003eForensic Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law. Examining the nature of legal language, the first half of the book demonstrates that the law is an overwhelmingly linguistic institution, since laws are coded in language and the concepts that are used to construct the law are accessible only through language. The book also explores the language of contracts and the language of legal processes, such as court cases, police investigations and the management of prisoners. 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