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Publication details [#59074]

Carney, Terrence. 2014. Being (im)polite: A forensic linguistic approach to interpreting a hate speech case. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 45 (3) : 325–341.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

courtroom | forensic linguistics | politeness | pragmatics | speech act

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper provides a forensic linguistic view on a court's Equality Act interpretation in a hate speech case, concentrating on speech acts and politeness. By using pragmatic principles, the author arrives at the same decision as the court.