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William M. O'Barr

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Description:With the permission of a North Carolina court, more than 150 hours of courtroom speech were recorded for this study. These tapes provided a rich archive for a variety of different types of inquiry, including the ethnography of courtroom speech and social psychological experiments focused on effects of different modes of presenting information in courts of law. Four sets of linguistic variables and related experimental studies have constituted a major portion of the research: (1) "powerful" versus "powerless" speech; (2) hypercorrect versus formal speech; (3) narrative versus fragmented testimony, and (4) simultaneous speech by witnesses and lawyers. All four sets of studies focus on the central question of importance of form over content of testimony.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Linguistic Evidence: Language, Power, and Strategy in the Courtroom (STUDIES ON LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL). To get started finding Linguistic Evidence: Language, Power, and Strategy in the Courtroom (STUDIES ON LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: With the permission of a North Carolina court, more than 150 hours of courtroom speech were recorded for this study. These tapes provided a rich archive for a variety of different types of inquiry, including the ethnography of courtroom speech and social psychological experiments focused on effects of different modes of presenting information in courts of law. Four sets of linguistic variables and related experimental studies have constituted a major portion of the research: (1) "powerful" versus "powerless" speech; (2) hypercorrect versus formal speech; (3) narrative versus fragmented testimony, and (4) simultaneous speech by witnesses and lawyers. All four sets of studies focus on the central question of importance of form over content of testimony.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Linguistic Evidence: Language, Power, and Strategy in the Courtroom (STUDIES ON LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL). To get started finding Linguistic Evidence: Language, Power, and Strategy in the Courtroom (STUDIES ON LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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