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Lind, E. Allan and William M. O'Barr. 1979. The social significance of speech in the courtroom. In Giles, Howard and Robert N. St.Clair, eds. Language and social psychology. Basil Blackwell. pp. 66–87.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

L. and O. demonstrate how the manner in which witnesses and attorneys speak in the presentation of testimony can affect social evaluations of them by those who hear the testimony.