Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12502
Title: Communication with Aboriginal Speakers of English in the Legal Process
Contributor(s): Eades, Diana  (author)
Publication Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2012.744268
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12502
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of sociolinguistic issues concerning communication in the legal process between non-Aboriginal people using General Australian English and Aboriginal people using other varieties of English. It draws on three types of evidence: published research, specific cases, and communication with Aboriginal people, lawyers, judges and magistrates. Specific cases exemplify distinctive Aboriginal features of English in grammar, accent, vocabulary, pragmatics, discourse structure and cultural presuppositions. The paper also considers some of the ways in which legal professionals are engaging with intercultural communication issues raised by sociolinguists. Despite some promising recent developments, a recent case highlights implications for other legal decision-makers, namely jurors.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Australian Journal of Linguistics, 32(4), p. 473-489
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1469-2996
0726-8602
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
180119 Law and Society
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 470411 Sociolinguistics
480405 Law and society and socio-legal research
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 940406 Legal Processes
950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 230406 Legal processes
130201 Communication across languages and culture
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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