Volume 4
IJLLD 4.1
IJLLD Volume 4.1 (2014) (Frontsmatter) Guang Shi. Face-threatening Acts in Chinese Courtroom Discourse … 1-25 Torun Elsrud. Othering the “other” in court: Threats to self-presentation during interpreter assisted hearings … 26-67 Chi Seng Lu. Balanced Approach Developed in Macao for Legal Translation and Principle of Respect Adopted in Construction of Social Harmony … 68-94 Full […]
4.1 Elsrud
Torun Elsrud. (2014). Othering the “other” in court: Threats to self-presentation during interpreter assisted hearings. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(1), 26-67. Abstract: This paper is based on an ethnographic research project studying interaction processes and rituals; the interplay between speech and social interaction during interpreted hearings in Swedish District Court cases on […]
4.1 Shi
Guang Shi. (2014). Face-threatening Acts in Chinese Courtroom Discourse. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(1), 1-25. Abstract: The courtroom is a site of power struggle. In order to realize their goals and show their power or authority, courtroom subjects use various language resources and strategies, among them face-threatening acts figure prominently. Employing Brown […]
IJLLD 4.2
IJLLD Volume 4.2 (2014) (Frontsmatter) Pi-chan Hu. A Study of the Frame of Legal Language … 1-45 Janet Cotterill. The Construction of Identities in the Criminal Courtroom: Criminals, Victims and Crimes as Construed in Scottish Judges’ Sentencing Statements … 46-74 Béatrice Cabau. Language Policy/Planning and Linguistic Rights in Sweden … 75-97 Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo. Achieving […]
4.2 Patrignani
Emma Patrignani. (2014). Book Review: Heikki E.S. Mattila, Comparative Legal Linguistics – Language of Law, Latin and Modern Lingua Francas, 2nd edition, Ashgate, Farnham, 2013. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(2), 131-136. PDF
4.2 Ochieng Orwenjo
Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo. (2014). Achieving Credibility in Quasi-Judicial Discourse: A Genre Analysis Approach to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry into Post-election Violence in Kenya. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(2), 98-130. Abstract: This paper assesses the strategies used to achieve credibility in written judicial discourse by analysing the Report of the […]
4.2 Cabau
Béatrice Cabau. (2014). Language Policy/Planning and Linguistic Rights in Sweden. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(2), 75-97. Abstract: As a result of immigration in recent decades and the long presence of national minorities, Sweden can be defined as a multilingual society. Numerous official documents related to language issues (government reports and bills) have […]
4.2 Hu
Pi-chan Hu. (2014). A Study of the Frame of Legal Language. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(2), 1-45. Abstract: Why is there always a wide gap between ordinary language and legal language? Do legal professionals and laymen think differently? In this study, we employed categorization theories such as frame semantics, checklist theory and […]
4.2 Cotterill
Janet Cotterill. (2014). The Construction of Identities in the Criminal Courtroom: Criminals, Victims and Crimes as Construed in Scottish Judges’ Sentencing Statements. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(2), 46-74.. Introduction: Within the courtroom context, there are a number of key individuals who conduct the majority of the interaction. These include the obvious participants: […]
