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Linguistics and Law offers a clear and concise introduction to making sense of the law through linguistics. Drawing on lexical semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to interpret both written and spoken laws, this book: addresses how to interpret legal documents such as contracts, statutes, constitutional provisions and trademarks; provides thorough analyses of "language crimes" including solicitation, perjury, defamation, and conspiracy, as well as talk between police and criminal suspects; analyzes the Miranda warning ...

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    • Title: Linguistics and Law by Jeffrey P. Kaplan
    • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    • Print ISBN: 9781138326156, 1138326151
    • eText ISBN: 9780429832437
    • Edition: 2019 1st edition
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