Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control
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The book uses critical sociolinguistic analysis to examine the social consequences of courtroom talk. The focus of the study is the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys who were prosecution witnesses in the case of six police officers charged with their abduction. The analysis reveals how the language mechanisms allowed by courtroom rules of evidence serve to legitimize neocolonial control over Indigenous people. In the propositions...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3110204827
ISBN13:9783110204827
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton
Length:407 Pages
Weight:1.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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