TY  - GEN
T1  - Multimodal conduct in the law : language, gesture and materiality in legal interaction
T2  - Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ;
A1  - Matoesian, Gregory M.
A1  - Gilbert, Kristin Enola
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge, UK ; New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1080638476
AB  - The study of language and law has seen explosive growth in the past twenty-five years. Research on police interrogations, trial examination, jury deliberation, plea bargains, same sex marriage, to name a few, has shown the central role of written and oral forms of language in the construction of legal meaning. However, there is another side of language that has rarely been analyzed in legal settings: the role of gesture and how it integrates with language in the law. This is the first book-length investigation of language and multimodal conduct in the law. Using audio-video tapes from a famous rape trial, Matoesian and Gilbert examine legal identity and impression management in the sociocultural performance of precedent, expert testimony, closing argument, exhibits, reported speech and trial examination. Drawing on insights from Jakobson and Silverstein, the authors show how the poetic function inheres not only in language but multimodal conduct generally. Their analysis opens up new empirical territory for both forensic linguistics and gesture studies.
OP  - 246
CN  - K213 .M384 2018eb
SN  - 9781108246972
SN  - 1108246974
SN  - 9781108416351
SN  - 1108416357
SN  - 9781108402866
SN  - 1108402860
SN  - 1108236367
SN  - 9781108236362
KW  - Language and linguistics.
KW  - Language and linguistics
KW  - Law : Language.
KW  - Semantics (Law)
KW  - Sociological jurisprudence.
KW  - Sémantique (Droit)
KW  - Sociologie juridique.
KW  - LAW : Essays.
KW  - LAW : General Practice.
KW  - LAW : Jurisprudence.
KW  - LAW : Paralegals & Paralegalism.
KW  - LAW : Practical Guides.
KW  - LAW : Reference.
KW  - Law : Language
KW  - Sociological jurisprudence
ER  -