Sociolinguistics and the legal process /
Diana Eades.
- Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2010.
- xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- MM textbooks .
- MM textbooks. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and indexes.
Transcript conventions and abbreviations -- Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process -- Researching courtroom talk -- Focus on trials -- Second language speakers and interpreters -- Vulnerable witnesses -- Courtroom talk and societal power relations -- Police interviews -- Police interviews with members of minority groups -- Lawyer-client interactions -- Informal and alternative legal processes -- What (else) can sociolinguistics do? -- Legal glossary -- Sociolinguistic glossary.