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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458556503321

Autore

Matoesian Gregory M

Titolo

Law and the language of identity [[electronic resource] ] : discourse in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial / / Gregory M. Matoesian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

1-280-53009-X

0-19-535261-0

1-4294-0165-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

306.4408834

340.014

Soggetti

Trials (Rape) - Florida - Palm Beach

Rape - Psychological aspects

Conduct of court proceedings - United States

Semantics (Law)

English language - United States - Discourse analysis

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 (p. 253-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on Transcription; Introduction; 1 Overview of the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial; I: REPETITION IN THE PATRIARCHAL ORDER; 2 Rhythms of Domination and the Gender of Inconsistency; 3 Poetics of Space, Direction, and Movement; II: INTERTEXTUALITY; 4 Intertextuality, Reported Speech, and Affect; 5 Production Media and Intertextual Authority in Reported Speech; III: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF EXPERT IDENTITY; 6 The Grammaticalization of Participant Roles in the Constitution of Expert Identity; 7 Constructing Age Identity in Expert Testimony

IV: LANGUAGE AND LEGAL CHANGE8 The Microdynamics of Legal Change; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, Gregory Matoesian uses the notorious 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith to provide an in-depth analysis of language use



and its role in that specific trial, as well as in the law in general. The study covers such issues as gender, sexual identity and power.