The language of murder cases : intentionality, predisposition, and voluntariness /

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Author / Creator:	Shuy, Roger W.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Forensic linguistics -- United States. Trials (Murder) -- United States. Forensic linguistics. Trials (Murder) United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11754284

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ISBN:	0190203226 9780190203221 9780199354832 0199354839
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This volume describes 15 court cases for which Roger Shuy served as an expert language witness and explains the issues at stake in those cases for lawyers and linguists. Murder case investigations and trials are guided by the important legal terms describing the mental states of defendants - their intentionality, predisposition, and voluntariness. Statutes and dictionaries can provide only loose definitions, largely because mental states are virtually impossible to define. Their meaning, therefore, must be adduced either by inferences and assumptions or by any available language evidence.
Other form:	Print version: 9780199354832 0199354839

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