Linguistics and Law
Jeffrey P. Kaplan, "Linguistics and Law "
English | ISBN: 1138326151 | 2019 | 226 pages | AZW3 | 1115 KB
English | ISBN: 1138326151 | 2019 | 226 pages | AZW3 | 1115 KB
Linguistics and Law offers a clear and concise introduction to making sense of the law through linguistics. Drawing on lexical semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to interpret both written and spoken laws, this book:
addresses how to interpret legal documents such as contracts, statutes, constitutional provisions and trademarks;
provides thorough analyses of "language crimes" including solicitation, perjury, defamation, and conspiracy, as well as talk between police and criminal suspects;
analyzes the Miranda warning in depth;
tackles the question of whether there is a "language" of the law;
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