Gregory Matoesian (Chicago University of Illinois), Kristin Enola Gilbert (Chicago University of Illinois)

Multimodal Conduct in the Law

Language, Gesture and Materiality in Legal Interaction

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Produktbeschreibung

The first study to provide an analysis of multimodal communication in courts of law. It will interest language and law scholars, and researchers in the fields of gesture studies and social interaction in institutional contexts. It will also appeal to those interested in the adjudication of sexual assault.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781108402866
• ISBN-10: 1108402860
• Artikelnr.: 60713401

Autorenporträt

Gregory Matoesian is a Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is author of Reproducing Rape: Domination through Talk in the Courtroom (1993), Law and the Language of Identity (2001), and co-editor (with Elizabeth Mertz and William Ford) of Translating the Social World for Law (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of transcription conventions
Introduction
1. Multimodal conduct: what is it?
2. Co-constructing expert identity
3. The transformation of evidence into precedent
4. Negotiating intertextuality
5. Motives and accusations
6. Nailing down an answer
7. Exhibits, tapes, and inconsistency
8. Material mediated gestures
9. Rhythmic gestures and semanticity
10. Conclusion
References
Index.