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Entextualizing domestic violence : language ideology and violence against women in the Anglo-American hearsay principle /

Language ideologies that are circulated in the Anglo-American law of evidence create the potential to speak for, appropriate, and ignore the speech of women who have been victims of domestic violence. This research shows the ways in which a language ideology circulated in the Anglo-American law of e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andrus, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Colección:Oxford studies in language and law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Language ideologies that are circulated in the Anglo-American law of evidence create the potential to speak for, appropriate, and ignore the speech of women who have been victims of domestic violence. This research shows the ways in which a language ideology circulated in the Anglo-American law of evidence draws on and creates indexical links to social discourses, affecting speakers whose utterances are used as evidence in legal contexts. The book examines linguistic strategies and analyzes assumptions about language in the legal text and talk used to evaluate spoken evidence.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190225858
0190225858