Chris Heffer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Chris Heffer plays a role.
Articles
2012 Narrative navigation: Narrative practices in forensic discourse Narrative Inquiry 22:2, pp. 267–286 | Article
Particular attention has been paid in recent years to the functional embedding of narrative within sociocultural practices (De Fina & Georgakopoulou, 2008) and to the role narrative plays in the construction of identity (Bamberg, 2011). Narrative practices, though, are still equated with narrating… read more
2008 The language and communication of jury instruction Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, Gibbons, John and M. Teresa Turell (eds.), pp. 47–65 | Article
Systems of justice based on lay juries are meant to ensure a close link between the law and the community it serves: jurors represent the values of the community and these are fed back into the legal system. However, juries can only arrive at legally fair decisions if they have managed to… read more