Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control (eBook)

Diana Eades (Autor)

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2008
407 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-020832-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Diana Eades, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

Autor

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Diana Eades, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

Inhalt

Frontmatter 1
Contents 7
Chapter 1. Introduction 23
Chapter 2. Setting the theoretical scene 47
Chapter 3. The societal and institutional struggle 73
Chapter 4. Features of Aboriginal English communicative style 111
Chapter 5. Lexical strategies 139
Chapter 6. Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction 167
Chapter 7. Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order: David 199
Chapter 8. More court appearances than some solicitors: Albert 227
Chapter 9. Not a person to be overborne: Barry 257
Chapter 10. No fear of the police: closing the Pinkenba case 289
Chapter 11. Developments since the Pinkenba case 311
Chapter 12. The power of courtroom talk 329
Backmatter 361

Rezensionen

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"The story that Eades tells is compelling. By carefully unpacking the speech patterns of boys, the questioning strategies of the defense counsel, and the historical context of the event, she leaves no question whether the boys were victimized by the police or whether the legal system participated in that victimization With its close attention to linguistic, social, and historical detail, this book makes an important contribution to sociolinguistics, sociolegal studies, and critical race studies."
Jennifer Andrus in: Language in Society 39/2010

"Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control is the mostconceptually sophisticated, comprehensive and compelling attempt to managethe daunting challenge of macro-micro integration in the law and languageliterature – and one that brings this crucial theoretical issue to the forefront ofnot just language and law studies or forensic linguistics but social science moregenerally. This is necessary reading not only for socio- and forensic linguistsbut law and society/social theorists as well."
Greg Matoesian in: International Journal of Speech Language and the Law 1/2009

"This is an excellent book."
M. Catherine Gruber in: Linguist List 20.2284

"[T]his is a fascinating book that offers important insights into how lawyers use linguistic and discursive strategies to control the testimony of witnesses and into the state of inequality facing Aboriginal people in Australia. [...] [T]his is an important book for all those interested in courtroom discourse, neocolonialism, and the critical analysis of language use." Laura Felton Rosulek in: Journal of Sociolinguistics 16/2 (2012)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.9.2008
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]
• Reihe/Serie: Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]
• Zusatzinfo: 6 b/w tbl.
• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
• Schlagworte: Australien /Recht • Australien /Sprache • Courtroom Language in Australia • Discourse analysis • Diskursanalyse • Sociolinguistics • Sprachsoziologie
• ISBN-10: 3-11-020832-6 / 3110208326
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-020832-0 / 9783110208320