TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shuy,Roger W.
TI  - Deceptive ambiguity by police and prosecutors
T2  - Oxford studies in language and law
SN  - 9780190669928
AV  - P325.5.A46 
U1  - 401.43 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Ambiguity
KW  - Deception
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - United States
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Language
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Language: reference & general
KW  - thema
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2017; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Ambiguity is commonly considered unintentional while deception is considered intentional. Here, Roger W. Shuy describes fifteen criminal cases in which police, prosecutors, and undercover agents used deceptive ambiguity with criminal suspects and defendants, many times giving evidence of being intentionally constructed through the manipulation of the speech events, schemas, agendas, speech acts, strategies, lexicon, and grammar
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669898.001.0001
ER  -