The Language of Fraud Cases

by Roger W. Shuy

In The Language of Fraud Cases, Roger Shuy follows the now well-established format of his previous volumes on language and law. He discusses here eight cases that he himself has consulted on, and that illustrate how linguistics can help to solve the various problems that arise in trying to define fraudulent language in the context of law. He examines speech events, schemas, agendas, speech acts, conversational strategies, as well as smaller language...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190270640
• ISBN13: 9780190270643
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.3"