Details

Subject(s)

• Forensic linguistics—Africa, Southern [Browse]

Author

Ralarala, Monwabisi K. [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics [More in this series]
• Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics, 2634-7334 [More in this series]

Summary note

This Element introduces the study of forensic linguistics, particularly in southern Africa, but also in Africa more generally. In the past six decades, there has been clear evidence that the discipline of forensic linguistics is, or was, unknown to general linguists, legal linguists, and applied linguists on the African continent. Now, however, the situation is rapidly changing, with forensic linguistics studies gaining momentum in various parts of Africa. In this Element the authors introduce the topic, define the discipline, address the language of record issue in southern Africa, as well as critically debate the state of court interpreting and translation of documentation into African languages, address police interviewing techniques, while also looking at possible future developments in the discipline of forensic linguistics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Notes

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ISBN

9781009705172 (ebook)

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