Courtroom talk and neocolonial control [electronic resource] / by Diana Eades.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Language, power, and social process ; 22.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.Description: xviii, 389 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 345.94/0232 22
LOC classification:
  • KU41.P56 E23 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Setting the theoretical scene -- The societal and institutional struggle -- Features of Aboriginal English communicative style -- Lexical strategies -- Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction -- Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order : David -- More court appearances than some solicitors : Albert -- Not a person to be overborne: Barry -- No fear of the police : closing the Pinkenba case -- Developments since the Pinkenba case -- The power of courtroom talk.
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Includes bibliographical references ( p. 347-378) and indexes.

Setting the theoretical scene -- The societal and institutional struggle -- Features of Aboriginal English communicative style -- Lexical strategies -- Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction -- Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order : David -- More court appearances than some solicitors : Albert -- Not a person to be overborne: Barry -- No fear of the police : closing the Pinkenba case -- Developments since the Pinkenba case -- The power of courtroom talk.

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