Questions and answers in the English courtroom (1640-1760) : a sociopragmatic analysis /
This book belongs to the rapidly growing field of historical pragmatics. More specifically, it aims to lend definition to the area of historical sociopragmatics. It seeks to enhance our understanding of the language of the historical courtroom by documenting changes to the discursive roles of the mo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©2005.
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Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., v. 135. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Questions and Answers in the English Courtroom (1640-1760); Editorial page; Title page; LCC Data; Table of contents; Preface; List of tables and figures; 1. Investigating the English historical courtroom; 2. The characteristics of questions and answers; 3. Questioning procedures in courtrooms; 4. A systematic approach to context identification and analysis; 5. Questions in the historical courtroom (1640-1760); 6. Interactional intent of participants' utterances; 7. Judicial examiners' questioning strategies; 8. Lawyers' questioning strategies (1640-1760); 9. Defendants' strategies (1640-1760).