Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-231) and index.
Approaching a forensic text -- The language of the law -- Legal genres -- Collecting evidence : calls to the emergency services and first encounters with witnesses and suspects -- Order in court -- The work of the forensic linguist -- The work of the forensic phonetician and the document examiner -- Idiolect and uniqueness of encoding -- On textual borrowing -- The linguist as expert witness.
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This text presents an overview of the interface of language and the law. Illustrated with authentic data and contemporary case studies, it covers topics including collection of evidence, discourse, courtroom interaction, legal language, comprehension and forensic phonetics.