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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456670803321

Autore

Walter Bettyruth

Titolo

The jury summation as speech genre [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it / / Bettyruth Walter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988

ISBN

1-283-17432-4

9786613174321

90-272-8338-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser. 1

Disciplina

347.73/75

347.30775

Soggetti

Summation (Law) - United States

Forensic oratory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes (p. [249]-259).

Nota di contenuto

THE JURY SUMMATION AS SPEECH GENRE; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Abstract; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; 1 .Introduction; SECTION1: The Sender; SECTION 2: The Observer; SECTION3: The Receiver; APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; ATTORNEY INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 jurors. But the speech genre summation involves preliminaries as well as the event itself; and it can affect the aftermath of the trial, for the decisions of the jurors may be influenced by this discourse.This ethnographic study considers the summation from three perspectives: that of the producer, from



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395291303316

Titolo

At the Canary-House, near the east end of Exeter Change, between the Feathers-Tavern and Long's Coffee-House [[electronic resource] ] : Will be exposed to sale a curious collection of paintings, being most of them the furniture of J.D's house, lately deceased: the sale will begin on Monday the 8th. of this instant June, 1691. And will continue the following days till all be sold off, beginning exactly at four of the clock. Catalogues may be had at the place of sale gratis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n., 1691]

Descrizione fisica

8 p

Soggetti

Art auctions - England - London

Art - England - Catalogs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Place of publication from Wing.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018