Language crimes : the use and abuse of language evidence in the courtroom / Roger W. Shuy.

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Publication details:
Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
Record id:
25254
Author:
Shuy, Roger W.
Series:
The language library.
Subject:
Evidence (Law) -- United States.
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction: new directions
1. Misconceptions about language in law cases
2. Bribery
3. Offering bribes
4. Agreeing
5. Threatening
6. Admitting
7. Tell the truth versus perjury
8. Promising
9. Asking questions
10. On testifying
Index.
ISBN:
063120153X
Phys. description:
xxii, 208 p.