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Courtroom talk and neocolonial control [electronic resource] / by Diana Eades.

By: Eades, Diana, 1953-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Language, power, and social process: 22.Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008Description: xviii, 389 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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.)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.94/0232 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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345.94/0232 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 347-378) and indexes.

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.