Volume 37, Issue 2

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March 2024

Special Issue: Forensic and Legal Linguistics

Issue Editors:

Isabel Picornell,
David Wright

20 articles in this issue

Semiotic Perspectives on Forensic and Legal Linguistics: Unifying Approaches in the Language of the Legal Process and Language in Evidence
David Wright
Isabel Picornell
EditorialNotes 10 January 2024 Pages: 293 - 304
The Sociolinguistics of Asylum Decision-Writing in the Context of the Greek Appeals Authority
Christina Fakalou
OriginalPaper 12 October 2023 Pages: 305 - 328
Language Proficiency as a Matter of Law: Judicial Reasoning on Miranda Waivers by Speakers with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Aneta Pavlenko
OriginalPaper 14 September 2023 Pages: 329 - 357
The Rhetoric of Rape Through the Lens of Commonwealth V. Berkowitz
Kathryn Stanchi
OriginalPaper 02 August 2023 Pages: 359 - 378
Strategies for Legitimising and Delegitimising Power in Nigerian Courtroom Discourse
Anthony Elisha Anowu
Tunde Ope-Davies
Mojisola Shodipe
OriginalPaper 02 November 2023 Pages: 379 - 398
Other-Repetition to Convey and Conceal the Stance of Institutional Participants in Chinese Criminal Trials
Yan Chen
Alison May
OriginalPaper Open access 23 January 2024 Pages: 399 - 428
Avoiding Discomfort, Implying Consent: The Role of Euphemism in Establishing Evidence of Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Court
Ana-Maria Jerca
OriginalPaper 14 September 2023 Pages: 429 - 447
Power, Control, and Resistance in Philippine and American Police Interview Discourse
Ma. Kaela Joselle R. Madrunio
Rachelle B. Lintao
OriginalPaper 30 October 2023 Pages: 449 - 484
“I don’t Remember that”: Negotiating Memories and Epistemic Claims in Swedish High-Stake Police Interviews
Lina Nyroos
OriginalPaper Open access 21 October 2023 Pages: 485 - 515
Establishing Common Ground Using Low Technology Communication Aids in Intermediary Mediated Police Investigative Interviews of Witnesses with an Intellectual Disability
Tina Pereira
OriginalPaper 26 December 2023 Pages: 517 - 546
“Can I Have a Look?”: The Discursive Management of Victims’ Personal Space During Police First Response Call-Outs to Domestic Abuse Incidents
Kate Steel
OriginalPaper Open access 10 October 2023 Pages: 547 - 572
“The Jogger and the Wolfpack”: An Analysis of the TRANSITIVITY Patterns in the Global Media Coverage of the 1989 Central Park Five Case
Leanne Victoria Bartley
OriginalPaper Open access 22 June 2023 Pages: 573 - 594
Epistemic Modality Constructions as Stable Idiolectal Features: A Cross-genre Study of Spanish
Andrea Mojedano Batel
Amparo Soler Bonafont
Krzysztof Kredens
OriginalPaper Open access 13 November 2023 Pages: 595 - 621
Grounds for Exemption from Criminal Liability? How Forensic Linguistics Can Contribute to Terrorism Trials
Roser Giménez García
Sheila Queralt
OriginalPaper Open access 27 September 2023 Pages: 623 - 646
Sedition or Mere Dissent? Linguistic Analysis of a Political Slogan
Janny H. C. Leung
OriginalPaper Open access 28 September 2023 Pages: 647 - 675
Intentionally Encouraging or Assisting Others to Commit an Offence: The Anatomy of a Language Crime
Nicci MacLeod
OriginalPaper Open access 14 September 2023 Pages: 677 - 694
Michał Dudek and Mateusz Stępień: Courtroom Power Distance Dynamics
Wei Yu
English Book Review 16 December 2023 Pages: 695 - 700
Language and Legal Proceedings: Analysing Courtroom Discourse in Cameroon
Zakeera Docrat
English Book Review 10 October 2023 Pages: 701 - 704
Pavlich, George. Thresholds of Accusation: Law and Colonial Order in Canada. Cambridge University Press, 2023
Amy Swiffen
English Book Review 21 December 2023 Pages: 705 - 708
Aïdan, Géraldine et Bourcier, Danièle sous la dir., Humain Non-humain. Repenser l’intériorité du sujet de droit, Paris — La Défense: L.G.D.J. 2021, 218 p., collection: Droit et Société, série : Droit
Mate Paksy
Éric Fourneret
French Book Review 16 November 2023 Pages: 709 - 719

Volume 37, Issue 2

Semiotic Perspectives on Forensic and Legal Linguistics: Unifying Approaches in the Language of the Legal Process and Language in Evidence

The Sociolinguistics of Asylum Decision-Writing in the Context of the Greek Appeals Authority

Language Proficiency as a Matter of Law: Judicial Reasoning on Miranda Waivers by Speakers with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

The Rhetoric of Rape Through the Lens of Commonwealth V. Berkowitz

Strategies for Legitimising and Delegitimising Power in Nigerian Courtroom Discourse

Other-Repetition to Convey and Conceal the Stance of Institutional Participants in Chinese Criminal Trials

Avoiding Discomfort, Implying Consent: The Role of Euphemism in Establishing Evidence of Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Court

Power, Control, and Resistance in Philippine and American Police Interview Discourse

“I don’t Remember that”: Negotiating Memories and Epistemic Claims in Swedish High-Stake Police Interviews

Establishing Common Ground Using Low Technology Communication Aids in Intermediary Mediated Police Investigative Interviews of Witnesses with an Intellectual Disability

“Can I Have a Look?”: The Discursive Management of Victims’ Personal Space During Police First Response Call-Outs to Domestic Abuse Incidents

“The Jogger and the Wolfpack”: An Analysis of the TRANSITIVITY Patterns in the Global Media Coverage of the 1989 Central Park Five Case

Epistemic Modality Constructions as Stable Idiolectal Features: A Cross-genre Study of Spanish

Grounds for Exemption from Criminal Liability? How Forensic Linguistics Can Contribute to Terrorism Trials

Sedition or Mere Dissent? Linguistic Analysis of a Political Slogan

Intentionally Encouraging or Assisting Others to Commit an Offence: The Anatomy of a Language Crime

Michał Dudek and Mateusz Stępień: Courtroom Power Distance Dynamics

Language and Legal Proceedings: Analysing Courtroom Discourse in Cameroon

Pavlich, George. Thresholds of Accusation: Law and Colonial Order in Canada. Cambridge University Press, 2023

Aïdan, Géraldine et Bourcier, Danièle sous la dir., Humain Non-humain. Repenser l’intériorité du sujet de droit, Paris — La Défense: L.G.D.J. 2021, 218 p., collection: Droit et Société, série : Droit

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