Practicing Linguistics Without a License: Multimodal Oratory in Legal Performance
This book analyzes the complex interplay between gesture, speech and other modal resources (e.g., gaze, facial expression, motion) during the presentation of evidence and interpretation of testimony in court. By analyzing recordings of a well-known rape trial, the authors reveal how multimodal oratory contributes to forensic linguistics and gesture studies, and how it helps understand recent policy recommendations for reforming the rape trial.

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Practicing Linguistics Without a License: Multimodal Oratory in Legal Performance
This book analyzes the complex interplay between gesture, speech and other modal resources (e.g., gaze, facial expression, motion) during the presentation of evidence and interpretation of testimony in court. By analyzing recordings of a well-known rape trial, the authors reveal how multimodal oratory contributes to forensic linguistics and gesture studies, and how it helps understand recent policy recommendations for reforming the rape trial.

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Practicing Linguistics Without a License: Multimodal Oratory in Legal Performance

Practicing Linguistics Without a License: Multimodal Oratory in Legal Performance

Practicing Linguistics Without a License: Multimodal Oratory in Legal Performance

Practicing Linguistics Without a License: Multimodal Oratory in Legal Performance

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This book analyzes the complex interplay between gesture, speech and other modal resources (e.g., gaze, facial expression, motion) during the presentation of evidence and interpretation of testimony in court. By analyzing recordings of a well-known rape trial, the authors reveal how multimodal oratory contributes to forensic linguistics and gesture studies, and how it helps understand recent policy recommendations for reforming the rape trial.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783111628233
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 11/04/2024
Series: Foundations in Language and Law [FLL] , #9
Pages: 190
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gregory Matoesian and Kristin Enola Gilbert, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
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