Courtroom talk and neocolonial control /:

The book uses critical sociolinguistic analysis to examine the social consequences of courtroom talk. The focus of the study is the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys who were prosecution witnesses in the case of six police officers charged with their abduction. The analysis revea...

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1. Verfasser: Eades, Diana, 1953-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Language, power, and social process ; 22.
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Zusammenfassung:The book uses critical sociolinguistic analysis to examine the social consequences of courtroom talk. The focus of the study is the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys who were prosecution witnesses in the case of six police officers charged with their abduction. The analysis reveals how the language mechanisms allowed by courtroom rules of evidence serve to legitimize neocolonial control over Indigenous people. In the propositions and assertions made in cross-examination, and their adoption by judicial decision-makers, the three boys were constructed not as victims of police.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 389 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-378) and indexes.
ISBN:9783110208320
3110208326
3110204827
9783110204827
3110204835
9783110204834
1283428636
9781283428637
9786613428639
6613428639

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