Dimensions of forensic linguistics / edited by John Gibbons, M. Teresa Turell. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., c2008. - vi, 316 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - AILA applied linguistics series ; v. 5 .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Introduction (by Gibbons, John); 2. Part I. The language of the law; 3. The nature of legal language (by Tiersma, Peter); 4. Language education for law professionals (by Northcott, Jill); 5. The language and communication of jury instruction (by Heffer, Chris); 6. Policespeak (by Hall, Phil); 7. Legal translation (by Alcaraz Varo, Enrique); 8. Part II. The language of the court; 9. Questioning in common law criminal courts (by Gibbons, John); 10. Bilingual courtrooms: In the interests of justice? (by Powell, Richard); 11. The silent witness: Pragmatic and literal interpretations (by Kurzon, Dennis); 12. Language and disadvantage before the law (by Eades, Diana); 13. Interpreting for the minority (by Leung, Ester); 14. Part III. Forensic linguistic evidence; 15. Approaching questions in forensic authorship analysis (by Grant, Tim); 16. Trademarks and other proprietary terms (by Butters, Ronald R.); 17. Deception and fraud (by Eggington, William); 18. Plagiarism (by Turell, M. Teresa); 19. Contributors; 20. Language index; 21. Subject index

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Law--Language.
Forensic linguistics.
Law--Translating.

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