Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this volume, Gregory Matoesian uses the notorious 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith to provide an in-depth analysis of language use and its role in that specific trial as well as in the law in general. He draws on the fields of conversation analysis, ethnomethodology, linguistic anthropology and social theory to show how language practices shape-and are shaped by-culture and the law, particularly in the social construction of rape as a legal fact. This analysis examines linguistic strategies from both defence and prosecution viewpoints, and how they relate to issues of gender, sexual identity, and power.
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Title
Law and the language of identity.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Smith, William Kennedy-- Trials, litigation, etc.
Smith, William Kennedy.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Conduct of court proceedings-- United States.
English language-- United States-- Discourse analysis.
Rape-- Psychological aspects.
Semantics (Law)
Trials (Rape)-- Florida-- Palm Beach.
Conduct of court proceedings.
English language-- Discourse analysis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Sociolinguistics.