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The Language of Fraud Cases

Roger W. (Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Georgetown University) Shuy

The Language of Fraud Cases

The Language of Fraud Cases

The Language of Fraud Cases

 

The Language of Fraud Cases describes eight court cases that Roger W. Shuy consulted on, and demonstrates the role of linguistic analysis in defining fraudulent language in the context of law.


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Beschrijving The Language of Fraud Cases

In The Language of Fraud Cases, Roger Shuy follows the now well-established format of his previous volumes on language and law. He discusses here eight cases that he himself has consulted on, and that illustrate how linguistics can help to solve the various problems that arise in trying to define fraudulent language in the context of law. He examines speech events, schemas, agendas, speech acts, conversational strategies, as well as smaller language units such as sentences, phrases, words, and sounds, and discusses how these can play a major role in deciding fraud cases. The cases chosen for this volume hinge on recorded language evidence, making them particularly relevant for linguistic analysis, and include cases of government contracts, EPA regulations, foreign corrupt business practices, trade secrets, money laundering, securities trading, art theft, and price fixing. Through his examination of these cases, Shuy demonstrates the significant contribution of linguistic analytical methodology to the understanding of language evidence and its success in revealing willful uses of fraudulent language to achieve financial gain.


ISBN
9780190270643
Pagina's
312
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NUR
610
Druk
1
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Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP USA

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