Courtroom Discourse in China and the USA
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Forensic and Legal Linguistics;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 1 October 2026
- ISBN 9781350204799
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language
- Illustrations 10 b/w illus 700
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Long description:
Offering the first comparative study of criminal courtroom discourse in China and the USA, this book explores the interactions that take place within two very different legal systems and cultures.
Focusing on direct and cross examinations, Meizhen Liao analyzes discourse strategies and language patterns at both the micro and macro levels in intrapersonal and interpersonal interactions.
Highlighting the similarities and differences in courtroom discourses between two distinct legal traditions, the author questions and explains the reasons behind them and examines the implications for legal practice and forensic linguistics. Based on accurate and authentic courtroom trial transcripts of representative and important criminal cases, the data is analyzed using an integrated methodology model, the Goal-driven Principle, drawing together insights from speech act theory, discourse analysis, conversation analysis and Complex Adaptive System theory. Through promoting comparative and contrastive approaches across languages and legal systems, this book opens up a new area in the study of forensic linguistics.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. The Theoretical and Analytical Framework
2. An Introduction to Chinese and American Legal Systems and Traditions
3. Courtroom Questioning as Micro and Macro Speech Acts and Patterns
4. Courtroom Interaction and Patterns
5. Linguistic Politeness Strategies in the Courtroom
6. Sentencing Discourse
Conclusion
References
Index
