{"product_id":"forensic-linguistics-9780631212461","title":"Forensic Linguistics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Provides an integrated and fully theorized understanding of language and law issues.  * Contains many helpful examples from genuine legal contexts and texts.  * Discusses linguistic sources of disadvantage before the law, particularly for ethnic minorities, children and abused women. .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface. \u003cp\u003eExamples and Conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: The Law And Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Literacy And The Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Pursuit Of Precision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Interaction And Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Telling The Story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Communication Issues In The Legal System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Language And Disadvantage Before The Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Bridging The Gap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Law On Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Linguistic Evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Legal Cases and Legislation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403423359319,"sku":"9780631212461","price":104.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631212461.jpg?v=1730483429","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/forensic-linguistics-9780631212461","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}