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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781480803321

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

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