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Interpreter-mediated Police Interviews: A Discourse-Pragmatic Approach - Hardcover

Nakane, I.

 
9780230355149: Interpreter-mediated Police Interviews: A Discourse-Pragmatic Approach

Synopsis

This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process.

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About the Author

Ikuko Nakane is Senior Lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research areas include language and law, intercultural communication and Japanese sociolinguistics. She is the author of Silence in Intercultural Communication and a number of articles in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics journals.

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