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Courtroom Discourse in China and the USA

Courtroom Discourse in China and the USA

Liao, Meizhen

Hardcover

Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Forensic and Legal Linguistics

LinguisticsGeneral Law

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 1, 2026

ISBN10: 135020479X
ISBN13: 9781350204799
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Oct 1 2026
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.44
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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