Dueling Discourses: The Construction of Reality in Closing Arguments

Author:   Laura Felton Rosulek (Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of Montana)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199337613


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   15 January 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Laura Felton Rosulek (Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of Montana)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780199337613


ISBN 10:   0199337616
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   15 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Theoretical Framework Chapter 3. The Defendants Chapter 4. The Victims Chapter 5. The Jurors Chapter 6. The Lawyers Chapter 7. The Big Picture Bibliography

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While the book is heavily based in linguistics, including detailed analysis of the methodology in categorizing results, how a speaker includes or excludes through the use of language is defined for nonlinguists. Table 7.5 is particularly instructive in how to use and notice silencing, deemphasizing, and emphasizing in language in and out of the courtroom. J. M. Keller, Florida Coastal School of Law, CHOICE


"""The linguistics of closing arguments are decoded by analyzing the patterns of language (silencing, emphasizing, and deemphasizing facts) attorneys use to persuade and present aspects of reality... Recommended."" --CHOICE ""[T]his book makes a valuable contribution to the study of legal communication and courtroom discourse. The meticulous linguistic examination of lawyers' discursive practices demonstrates that the identification of social realities in legal settings, though abiding by general rules and principles, is basically a dynamic process of negotiation and construction. During this process, lawyers weigh up the constraints and opportunities created by cultures and institutions, and employ a number of language techniques to create competing versions of legal realities in line with their own values and interests. Empirical studies of this kind may generate a thick description of legal professionals' virgorous rhetorical practices that can help improve the transparency of legal professional practices, to enhance the lay participants' perception of legal texts, and to correct inequalities in legal-lay relationships."" -- Discourse & Society"


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Laura Felton Rosulek received her PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has taught courses at the University of Montana and Oregon State University. Her research specializations are in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis (particularly Critical Discourse Analysis).

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