Publications

Publication details [#1722]

Bresnahan, Mary I. 1981. Linguistic limbo: The case of the non-native English speaking defendant in the American courtroom. In Sankoff, David and Henriette Cedergren, eds. Variation omnibus. Linguistic Research. pp. 565–572.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

An attempt to analyze questions asked by the prosecutor, the defendant's responses, how the Q-A dyads fit into the overall structure of the testimony, and how the language of the non-native English speaking defendant compares with the language of the native English speaking defendant.