Linguistics in the Courtroom A Practical Guide

by Shuy, Roger W.

• ISBN13: 9780195306644
• ISBN10: 0195306643
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a practical guide for both beginning and established linguists who have been asked by lawyers to address the language issues in their civil and criminal cases. Author Roger W. Shuy deals with issues of how to become an expert, how to start and manage a practice of consulting on law cases, how to address the issue of professional ethics, how to work with lawyers, write reports, affidavits, and participate successfully in depositions, direct examination, and cross examination at trial. The book also suggests ways that linguists can use their forensic linguistic experiences in their publications and classroom teaching, along with suggestions of recent books that forensic linguists may need for their personal libraries.

Author Biography

Roger W. Shuy is Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

First steps	p. 3
Starting a practice	p. 13
Doing business	p. 23
Working with attorneys	p. 45
Analyzing the data	p. 51
Writing reports	p. 63
Being deposed	p. 69
Giving testimony in the direct examination	p. 83
Cross-examination testimony	p. 109
Ethical issues	p. 123
Using your experience to write articles or books	p. 131
Using your experience to teach courses	p. 135
Some useful books for the forensic linguist's library	p. 137
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