The language of perjury cases / Roger W. Shuy.

"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,...

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Online Access:Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online
Main Author: Shuy, Roger W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index. 
505 0 |a pt. 1. Perjury and linguistics. Perjury and proof of perjury ; How linguisitics examine the language of perjury -- pt. 2. Perjury charges with inadequate intelligence analysis. False statements in a bankruptcy case ; False statements in a political contribution conduit scheme ; False statements and fraud in a bank loan ; False statements on a hunting license application -- pt. 3. Perjury and the ill-fated shipping vessel, Khian Sea. Perjury charges for a shipping company executive ; perjury charges for another shipping company executive -- pt. 4. Perjury charges across languages and cultures. A doctor charged with perjury ; A union representative charged with perjury -- pt. 5. Perjury cases with inadequate intelligence analysis. An attorney's aborted charge of suborning perjury ; A United States senator's aborted perjury charge ; A priest's aborted perjury charge ; The advantages and dangers of intelligence analysis in perjury cases ; Some recommendations for analyzing perjury cases. 
520 |a "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"--Provided by publisher 
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