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In:Legal Pragmatics
Edited by Dennis Kurzon and Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 288] 2018
► pp. 1–18

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Introduction

 | University of Haifa
 | University of Vienna
Published online: 26 April 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.288.int
Article outline
  • 1.Pragmatics and legal discourse
  • 2.Spoken discourse
  • 3. Historical courtroom discourse
  • 4. The contents
    • 4.1Historical pragmatics
    • 4.2Pragmatics of legal writing and documents
    • 4.3Discourse in the courtroom and in police investigation
    • 4.4Legal discourse and multilingualism
  • References
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