Applying linguistics: questions of language and law.
Book chapter
Durant, A. 2002. Applying linguistics: questions of language and law. in: Hidetaka, I. and Komori, Y. (ed.) Praxis of Language. University of Tokyo Press.
Chapter title | Applying linguistics: questions of language and law. |
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Authors | Durant, A. |
Abstract | This chapter, first published in Japanese, outlines the field of ‘forensic linguistics’ [as at 2001]. It contrasts the forensic linguistic approach to applying linguistics in legal contexts with a different tradition of analysis: that usually known as Critical Discourse Analysis and/or as Critical Legal Studies. The author examines ‘meaning’ issues in particular, as a way of showing how treatment of specific interpretive questions exposes problematic assumptions underpinning the notion of linguistic expertise. The chapter concludes with a suggestion that, in a period of rapidly changing communication technologies and formats, notions of professional authority in respect of language and meaning may need to be reconsidered. |
Research Group | Law and Politics |
Book title | Praxis of Language. |
Editors | Hidetaka, I. and Komori, Y. |
Publisher | University of Tokyo Press |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 4130840657 |
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2002 | |
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Deposited | 10 Nov 2008 |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | Translated for publication from English into Japanese by Yoshifumi Saito. In, Sadakazu Fujii et al (eds), Praxis of Language, 6 volumes. Volume 5, ‘Politics', volume editors, Hidetaka Ishida and Yoichi Komori. |
Language | English |
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