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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Enola Gilbert, Gregory Matoesian
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9783111628233
• ISBN: 978-3-11-162823-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 10 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 406 g
• Illustrations: 69 col. ill.
• Series: Foundations in Language and Law [FLL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Anthropologie, Forensik, Soziolinguistik, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Diskursanalyse, Multimodalität, forensische linguistik, Sociolinguistics, Multimodality, Paperback Project, SCI003000 SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, Forensic Linguistics