Deceptive ambiguity by police and prosecutors

Shuy, Roger W

Deceptive ambiguity by police and prosecutors - New York Oxford University Press 2017 - 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


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

P325.5.A46

347.066 / SH-D

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