E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Web PDF
O'Barr / Black Linguistic Evidence
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9771-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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Language, Power, and Strategy in the Courtroom
E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Web PDF
Reihe: Studies on Law and Social Control
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9771-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
With the permission of a North Carolina court, more than 150 hours of courtroom speech were recorded for this study. These tapes provided a rich archive for a variety of different types of inquiry, including the ethnography of courtroom speech and social psychological experiments focused on effects of different modes of presenting information in courts of law. Four sets of linguistic variables and related experimental studies have constituted a major portion of the research: (1) 'powerful' versus 'powerless' speech; (2) hypercorrect versus formal speech; (3) narrative versus fragmented testimony, and (4) simultaneous speech by witnesses and lawyers. All four sets of studies focus on the central question of importance of form over content of testimony.
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1;Front Cover;1
2;Linguistic Evidence;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;PREFACE;12
7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;14
8;Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION;18
8.1;The Importance of Form in Language;18
8.2;Language Strategy;22
8.3;Language and Justice;27
8.4;The Study of Courtroom Language;28
9;Chapter 2. THE NATURE OF LEGAL LANGUAGE;32
9.1;Written Legal Language;33
9.2;Spoken Legal Language;40
10;Chapter 3. LEGAL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION;48
10.1;Legal Tacticians;48
10.2;The Courts;55
10.3;The Law;58
11;Chapter 4. ETHNOGRAPHY AND EXPERIMENTATION;68
11.1;Deriving the Research Questions;70
11.2;Specific Procedures;73
12;Chapter 5. SPEECH STYLES IN THE COURTROOM;78
12.1;Powerful versus Powerless Speech;78
12.2;Narrative versus Fragmented Testimony Styles;93
12.3;Hypercorrect Testimony Style;100
12.4;Interruptions and Simultaneous Speech;104
13;Chapter 6. CONTROLLING THE EFFECTS OF PRESENTATIONAL STYLE;110
13.1;Attempts to Control Style Effects;110
13.2;Interpretation and the Management of Style;114
14;Chapter 7. CONCLUSIONS;130
14.1;Implications for the Law;130
14.2;Implications for Social Science;135
14.3;Further Questions;140
15;Appendix 1: TRANSCRIPTS OF "POWERFUL" AND "POWERLESS" STYLES;144
15.1;Powerless Style (Female Witness);145
15.2;Powerful Style (Female Witness);149
16;Appendix 2: TRANSCRIPTS OF NARRATIVE AND FRAGMENTED STYLES;154
16.1;Fragmented Style;155
16.2;Narrative Style;161
17;Appendix 3: TRANSCRIPTS OF HYPERCORRECT AND FORMAL STYLES;166
17.1;Hypercorrect Style;166
17.2;Formal Style;170
18;Appendix 4: TRANSCRIPTS OF OVERLAPPING AND NONOVERLAPPING SPEECH;174
18.1;Nonoverlapping Style;175
18.2;Overlapping Style—Lawyer Dominates;181
18.3;Overlapping Style—Witness Dominates;189
19;REFERENCES;198
19.1;Cases;198
19.2;Books and Articles;199
20;INDEX;206
