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Language and Legal Proceedings: Analysing Courtroom Discourse in Cameroon Endurence Midinette Koumassol Dissake 1st ed. 2021 edition
Language and Legal Proceedings: Analysing Courtroom Discourse in Cameroon
Endurence Midinette Koumassol Dissake
In this study, the author makes use of Speech Act Theory and Interactional Sociolinguistics to analyse the speech acts of both legal professionals and lay litigants as observed in 37 legal cases, demonstrating how the use of exoglossic languages in a highly multilingual nation constitutes a serious issue.
120 pages, 6 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 120 p. 6 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 18, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9783030763480 |
| Publishers | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Pages | 120 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 317 g |
| Language | German |