Multimodal Conduct in the Law —— Language, Gesture And Materiality In Legal Interaction

----- 法律中的多式联运：法律互动中的语言，姿态和重要性

ISBN: 9781108246972 出版年：2018 页码：262 Gregory Matoesian Cambridge University Press

The study of language and law has seen explosive growth in the past twenty-five years. Research on police interrogations, trial examination, jury deliberation, plea bargains, same sex marriage, to name a few, has shown the central role of written and oral forms of language in the construction of legal meaning. However, there is another side of language that has rarely been analyzed in legal settings: the role of gesture and how it integrates with language in the law. This is the first book-length investigation of language and multimodal conduct in the law. Using audio-video tapes from a famous rape trial, matoesian and gilbert examine legal identity and impression management in the sociocultural performance of precedent, expert testimony, closing argument, exhibits, reported speech and trial examination.