Overview

The Language of Perjury Cases outlines the contributions that linguistics can make to both the gathering of evidence and the way that evidence is analyzed in perjury cases. Roger W. Shuy describes eleven representative lawsuits--involving bankruptcy, unions, hunting licenses, doctors, priests, and Senators--for which he served as a consultant. Shuy's linguistic analysis illustrates how grammatical referencing, speech acts, discourse structure, framing, conveyed meaning, intentionality, and malicious language affected the outcome of these cases.

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Author:   Roger W. Shuy (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Georgetown University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 14.70cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780199795383

ISBN 10:   019979538
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   12 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Secion I: Perjury and Linguistics 1: Perjury and Proof of Perjury 2: How Linguists View the Language of Perjury Section II: Perjury Charges with Inadequate Intelligence Analysis 3: False Statements in a Bankruptcy Case 4: False Statements in a Political Contribution Conduit Scheme 5: Perjury and Fraud in a Bank Loan 6: False Statements on a Hunting License Application Section III: Perjury and an Ill-Fated Shipping Vessel, The Khain Sea 7: Perjury Charges for a Shipping Company Executive 8: Perjury Charges for Another Shipping Company Executive Section IV: Perjury Charges Across Languages and Cultures 9: A Doctor Charged with Perjury 10: A Union Representative Charged with Perjury Section V: Perjury Charges with Adequate Intelligence Analysis 11: An Attorney's Aborted Charge of Suborning Perjury 12: A United States Senator's Aborted Perjury Charge 13: A Priest's Aborted Perjury Charge 14: Advantages and Dangers of Intelligence Analysis in Perjury Cases 15: Recommendations for Analyzing Perjury Cases References Cases Cited

Reviews

a good starting point for the curious, especially lawyers, to gain insight into the types of case in which linguists can be useful. It is also an engagingly written, accessible account of a fascinating line of work. Kate Haworth, LSE Review of Books

a good starting point for the curious, especially lawyers, to gain insight into the types of case in which linguists can be useful. It is also an engagingly written, accessible account of a fascinating line of work. * Kate Haworth, LSE Review of Books *

<br> If a scholar has something to communicate to his or her peers that will be of interest to them but that will also be of great use to another audience--an audience not of scholars but practitioners? Can an author serve these two masters? If the evidence is the work of Roger Shuy, the answer is yes...I intend to keep this book as a part of my offce reference library and recommend it and lend it out often when colleagues have need of a professional's perspective on the constant interplay between language and the law. To the linguists who make up my audience in writing this review, I make the same recommendation. The book is an excellent way to introduce even sceptical attorneys to the benefits of consultation and collaboration with forensic linguists on many cases. --he International Journal of Speech, Language, and the Law<p><br>

Author Information

Roger W. Shuy is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University.

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