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Courtroom talk and neocolonial control

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Main Author: Eades, Diana, 1953-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.
Series:Language, power, and social process ; 22.
Subjects:
Trials (Police misconduct) > Australia > Brisbane (Qld.)
Police misconduct > Australia > Pinkeba.
Examination of witnesses > Australia > Language.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Australia.
Intercultural communication > Australia.
Cross-examination > Australia.
Youth, Aboriginal Australian > Legal status, laws, etc.
Pinkenba (Brisbane, Qld.)
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the theoretical scene
  • The societal and institutional struggle
  • Features of Aboriginal English communicative style
  • Lexical strategies
  • Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction
  • Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order : David
  • More court appearances than some solicitors : Albert
  • Not a person to be overborne: Barry
  • No fear of the police : closing the Pinkenba case
  • Developments since the Pinkenba case
  • The power of courtroom talk.

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