Courtroom talk and neocolonial control:

The book examines the social consequences of courtroom talk through detailed investigation of the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys in the case against six police officers charged with their abduction. Critical sociolinguistic analysis shows how courtroom talk, with its related a...

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1. Verfasser: Eades, Diana 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin [u.a.] Mouton de Gruyter 2008
Schriftenreihe:Language, power and social process 22
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Zusammenfassung:The book examines the social consequences of courtroom talk through detailed investigation of the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys in the case against six police officers charged with their abduction. Critical sociolinguistic analysis shows how courtroom talk, with its related assumptions about how language works, can serve to legitimize neocolonial control over Indigenous people
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. 347 - 378
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 389 S.)
ISBN:9783110208320
DOI:10.1515/9783110208320