English language on trial, the: witnessing disputed meanings in american courts
Auteur :
Hawkins, John A.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009682824
Date de publication :
25 juin 2026
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Drawing on cases in American courts in which the author served as an expert, this book gives a linguistic analysis of disputed meanings in English at the basis of lawsuits. It is essential reading for researchers and students of semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, corpus linguistics, and language and law.