16.2007, Books: Discourse Analysis, English: Archer

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Date: 28-Jun-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Questions and Answers in the English Courtroom (1640?1760):
Archer 

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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:58:58
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Questions and Answers in the English Courtroom (1640?1760): Archer 

Title: Questions and Answers in the English Courtroom (1640?1760) 
Subtitle: A sociopragmatic analysis 
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 135  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=P%26bns%20135 

Author: Dawn Archer, Lancaster University

Hardback: ISBN: 1588116360 Pages: xiv, 374 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027253781 Pages: xiv, 374 Price: Europe EURO 125.00

Abstract:

This book belongs to the rapidly growing field of historical pragmatics.
More specifically, it aims to lend definition to the area of historical
sociopragmatics. It seeks to enhance our understanding of the language of
the historical courtroom by documenting changes to the discursive roles of
the most active participant groups of the English courtroom (e.g. the
judges, lawyers, witnesses and defendants) in the period 1640-1760.
Although the primary focus is on questions and answers, this book also
analyses the use of eliciting and non-eliciting devices (e.g. requests and
commands) as a means of demonstrating similarities and differences over
time. Particular strengths of this work include the study of different
types of trial, making the results potentially more representative of the
courtroom in general, and the innovative discourse analytic approach, which
blends corpus methodology and sociopragmatic analysis, thereby enabling the
quantitative analysis of functional phenomena. 

1. Investigating the English historical courtroom 1-21

2. The characteristics of questions and answers 23-71

3. Questioning procedures in courtrooms 73-104

4. A systematic approach to context identification and analysis 105-134

5. Questions in the historical courtroom (1640-1760) 135-163

6. Interactional intent of participants' utterances 165-174

7. Judicial examiners' questioning strategies 175-197

8. Lawyers' questioning strategies (1640-1760) 199-221

9. Defendants' strategies (1640-1670) 223-244

10. Witnesses' 'answering' strategies (1640-1760) 245-266

11. Courtroom interaction in the historical period: More than 'questions'
and 'answers' 267-280

12. Concluding comments 281-293

Notes 295-307

Appendices 309-235

Bibliography 347-364

Index 365-372 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): English (ENG)

Written In: English  (ENG)

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