Deceptive ambiguity by police and prosecutors / Roger W. Shuy.
By: Shuy, Roger W [author.].
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TextSeries: Oxford studies in language and law: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190669928 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Ambiguity | Deception | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Case studiesAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 401.43 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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