Courtroom talk and neocolonial control [electronic resource] / by Diana Eades.
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TextSeries: Language, power, and social process ; 22.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.Description: xviii, 389 pSubject(s): - Trials (Police misconduct) -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.)
- Police misconduct -- Australia -- Pinkeba
- Examination of witnesses -- Australia -- Language
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Australia
- Intercultural communication -- Australia
- Cross-examination -- Australia
- Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Pinkenba (Brisbane, Qld.)
- 345.94/0232 22
- KU41.P56 E23 2008
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 347-378) and indexes.
Setting the theoretical scene -- The societal and institutional struggle -- Features of Aboriginal English communicative style -- Lexical strategies -- Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction -- Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order : David -- More court appearances than some solicitors : Albert -- Not a person to be overborne: Barry -- No fear of the police : closing the Pinkenba case -- Developments since the Pinkenba case -- The power of courtroom talk.
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