TNNLU Library catalog
Shuy, Roger W.,

Deceptive ambiguity by police and prosecutors / Roger W. Shuy. - 1 online resource. - Oxford studies in language and law . - Oxford studies in language and law. .

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ambiguity is commonly considered unintentional while deception is considered intentional. Here, Roger W. Shuy describes fifteen criminal cases in which police, prosecutors, and undercover agents used deceptive ambiguity with criminal suspects and defendants, many times giving evidence of being intentionally constructed through the manipulation of the speech events, schemas, agendas, speech acts, strategies, lexicon, and grammar.

Specialized.

9780190669928 (ebook) : No price


Ambiguity.
Deception.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Case studies.

P325.5.A46

401.43

Powered by Koha