Multimodal Conduct in the Law - Language, Gesture and Materiality in Legal Interaction

The first in-depth study to integrate the study of legal language with analysis of multimodal communication

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of transcription conventions; Introduction; 1. Multimodal conduct: what is it?; 2. Co-constructing expert identity; 3. The transformation of evidence into precedent; 4. Negotiating intertextuality; 5. Motives and accusations; 6. Nailing down an answer; 7. Exhibits, tapes, and inconsistency; 8. Material mediated gestures; 9. Rhythmic gestures and semanticity; 10. Conclusion; References; Index.

About the author

Gregory Matoesian is a Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is author of Reproducing Rape: Domination through Talk in the Courtroom (1993), Law and the Language of Identity (2001), and co-editor (with Elizabeth Mertz and William Ford) of Translating the Social World for Law (2016).Kristin Enola Gilbert received her Ph.D. from the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her current work focuses on language and multimodal conduct in focus group interactions. She has peer reviewed articles on gestures in Gesture, Multimodal Communication, Narrative Inquiry, and Discourse and Communication.

Summary

The first study to provide an analysis of multimodal communication in courts of law. It will interest language and law scholars, and researchers in the fields of gesture studies and social interaction in institutional contexts. It will also appeal to those interested in the adjudication of sexual assault.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Enola Gilbert, Kristin Enola (University of Illinois Gilbert, Gregory Matoesian, Gregory (University of Illinois Matoesian, Matoesian Gregory
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781108416351
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41635-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics; Studies in Interactional Socio; Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics; Studies in Interactional Socio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sociology, Social interaction, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Social and ethical issues, Law & society, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Law and society, sociology of law