Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and indexes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. It examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations. Using an interactional sociolinguistic discourse analytical approach, the book offers a microlinguistic examination of interrogations involving persons accused of murder, child molestation, and kidnapping. C.
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MIL
Stock Number
218804
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Title
Coerced confessions.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bilingualism-- Social aspects.
Critical discourse analysis-- Social aspects.
Intercultural communication-- Social aspects.
Police questioning-- Social aspects.
Bilingualism-- Social aspects.
Diskursanalyse
Hispanos
Hispanos.
Intercultural communication-- Social aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Sociolinguistics.