The jury summation as speech genre : an ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it /

The American courtroom trial is a speech situation. Everything occurs through the spoken word. The summation', as speech event embedded within the trial, which is the chronological and psychological culmination of it, is one of the few opportunities for the lawyer to communicate directly with j...

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Main Author: Walter, Bettyruth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 1.
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