02794cam a2200349 i 4500 20337211 20190911113527.0 180202s2018 ne b 001 0 eng 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 1 shelf copy policy default xk25 2018-02-02 xk25 2018-02-02 to rev./subj. xk10 2018-02-06 to Law for subject xg08 2018-10-11 xg11 2018-10-18 to LL xm06 2019-09-11 2018002593 9789027200716 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9789027264077 (e-book) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc K213 .L3993 2018 340/.14 23 Legal pragmatics / edited by Dennis Kurzon (University of Haifa), Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky (University of Vienna). Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; volume 288 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Dennis Kurzon and Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky -- Pleading for life : narrative patterns within legal petitions (Salem, 1692) / Kathleen L. Doty -- "How came you not to cry out?" : pragmatic effects of negative questioning in child rape trials in the Old Bailey proceedings, 1730-1798 / Alison J. Johnson -- Implicatures in early modern English courtroom records / Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky -- Literal interpretation and political expediency : the case of Thomas More / Dennis Kurzon -- Making legal language clear to legal laypersons / Sol Azuelos-Atias -- Interpreting or in legal texts / Jacqueline Visconti -- The nature of power and control in the interrogative patterns of selected nigerian courtroom discourse / Oluwasola A. Aina, Anthony Elisha Anowu and Tunde Olusola Opeibi -- The language of Egyptian interrogations : a study of suspects' resistance to implicatures and presuppositions in prosecution questions / Neveen Al Saeed -- Achieving influence through negotiation : an argument for developing pragmatic awareness / Dawn Archer, Rebecca Smithson and Ian Kennedy -- "I really don't know because I'm stupid" : unpacking suggestibility in investigative interviews / Ikuko Nakane -- On the balance between invariance and context-dependence : legal concepts and their environments / Tarja Salmi-Tolonen -- Contextuality of interpretation in non-monolingual jurisdictions : the Canadian experience / Diana Yankova. Law Language. Pragmatics Speech acts (Linguistics) Kurzon, Dennis, editor. Kryk-Kastovsky, Barbara, editor.