Lexical struggle in court: Aboriginal Australians versus the state

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-180

  Eades, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Courtroom language; Critical sociolinguistics; Juvenile victim witnesses; Lexical struggle; Speech act

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646417374     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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