The language of jury trial : a corpus-aided analysis of legal-lay discourse /
Heffer, Chris,
The language of jury trial : a corpus-aided analysis of legal-lay discourse / Chris Heffer. - xxi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-238) and index.
Legal-lay discourse -- Coming into court -- The trial as complex genre -- The counsel as narrator -- The counsel as subject -- Directing the jury -- (Re)viewing the case -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"This is the first detailed analysis of the language of legal professionals in English jury trial, drawing on the largest and must representative corpus of official trial transcripts ever compiled. Chris Heffer analyses patterns of language use across hundreds of texts and develops a model of legal-lay communication based on strategic tension between narrative and scientific modes of reasoning. As well as providing, descriptive and explanatory accounts of 'legal-lay discourse', the book makes a linguistic case for the survival of the lay jury against growing calls for professionalization."--BOOK JACKET.
1403942471 9781403942470
2006280016
Jury
K213 / .H44 2005 KD8400 / .H44 2005x
347.07014
The language of jury trial : a corpus-aided analysis of legal-lay discourse / Chris Heffer. - xxi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-238) and index.
Legal-lay discourse -- Coming into court -- The trial as complex genre -- The counsel as narrator -- The counsel as subject -- Directing the jury -- (Re)viewing the case -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"This is the first detailed analysis of the language of legal professionals in English jury trial, drawing on the largest and must representative corpus of official trial transcripts ever compiled. Chris Heffer analyses patterns of language use across hundreds of texts and develops a model of legal-lay communication based on strategic tension between narrative and scientific modes of reasoning. As well as providing, descriptive and explanatory accounts of 'legal-lay discourse', the book makes a linguistic case for the survival of the lay jury against growing calls for professionalization."--BOOK JACKET.
1403942471 9781403942470
2006280016
Jury
K213 / .H44 2005 KD8400 / .H44 2005x
347.07014