Martin Solly
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780748691692
- eISBN:
- 9781474418546
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748691692.003.0004
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
This chapter concentrates on stylistics in legal texts and contexts; since well-chosen language can determine the successive jurisprudence of a particular area of the law, the use of legal language ...
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This chapter concentrates on stylistics in legal texts and contexts; since well-chosen language can determine the successive jurisprudence of a particular area of the law, the use of legal language has its own particularities and responsibilities. First, the chapter draws attention to certain aspects and areas of the language of the law: the importance of legal contexts and settings (for example, the courtroom); forensic linguistics; the different kinds of legal texts, including statutes and witness evidence in the courtroom; some typical features of legal language (such as repetition, vagueness and precision); the formulation of legal concepts and culture-bound legal concepts. Then, focusing on the normative and intercultural dimensions of the language of statutes and the language of the courtroom, the chapter examines various stylistic aspects underpinning the successful deployment of legal discourse. These include some of the typical stylistic features of the language of the law, such as sentence structure, choice of lexis and the various kinds of repetition and word doublings.Less
This chapter concentrates on stylistics in legal texts and contexts; since well-chosen language can determine the successive jurisprudence of a particular area of the law, the use of legal language has its own particularities and responsibilities. First, the chapter draws attention to certain aspects and areas of the language of the law: the importance of legal contexts and settings (for example, the courtroom); forensic linguistics; the different kinds of legal texts, including statutes and witness evidence in the courtroom; some typical features of legal language (such as repetition, vagueness and precision); the formulation of legal concepts and culture-bound legal concepts. Then, focusing on the normative and intercultural dimensions of the language of statutes and the language of the courtroom, the chapter examines various stylistic aspects underpinning the successful deployment of legal discourse. These include some of the typical stylistic features of the language of the law, such as sentence structure, choice of lexis and the various kinds of repetition and word doublings.
Marianne Mason and Frances Rock (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226647654
- eISBN:
- 9780226647821
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226647821.001.0001
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
The Discourse of Police Interviews examines how police interviews are discursively constructed and institutionally used to investigate and prosecute crimes. This volume investigates multiple ...
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The Discourse of Police Interviews examines how police interviews are discursively constructed and institutionally used to investigate and prosecute crimes. This volume investigates multiple discursive approaches to the analysis of police-lay person exchanges. It aims to promote dialogue not only between scholars who specialize in language and the law, but also among scholars in cognate disciplines, such as linguistic anthropology, criminology, law, and sociology, to name a few. The volume explores themes including the sociolegal, psychological, and discursive framework of popular police interview methods, such as PEACE and Reid, the role of the discursive practices of institutional representatives (e.g., police officers, interpreters) in bringing about linguistic transformations, and the impact that these transformations can have on the construction and evidential quality and value of linguistic evidence. The analysis includes an examination of both oral and written data, as well as the role of metalanguage and multimodality in understanding the police interview.Less
The Discourse of Police Interviews examines how police interviews are discursively constructed and institutionally used to investigate and prosecute crimes. This volume investigates multiple discursive approaches to the analysis of police-lay person exchanges. It aims to promote dialogue not only between scholars who specialize in language and the law, but also among scholars in cognate disciplines, such as linguistic anthropology, criminology, law, and sociology, to name a few. The volume explores themes including the sociolegal, psychological, and discursive framework of popular police interview methods, such as PEACE and Reid, the role of the discursive practices of institutional representatives (e.g., police officers, interpreters) in bringing about linguistic transformations, and the impact that these transformations can have on the construction and evidential quality and value of linguistic evidence. The analysis includes an examination of both oral and written data, as well as the role of metalanguage and multimodality in understanding the police interview.
