How Long to Read Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control

How Long Does it Take to Read Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 58 minutes to read Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control by Diana Eades

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The book uses critical sociolinguistic analysis to examine the social consequences of courtroom talk. The focus of the study is the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys who were prosecution witnesses in the case of six police officers charged with their abduction. The analysis reveals how the language mechanisms allowed by courtroom rules of evidence serve to legitimize neocolonial control over Indigenous people. In the propositions and assertions made in cross-examination, and their adoption by judicial decision-makers, the three boys were constructed not as victims of police abuse, but rather in terms of difference, deviance and delinquency. This identity work addresses fundamental issues concerning what it means to be an Aboriginal young person, as well as constraints about how to perform or live this identity, and the rights to which Aboriginal people can lay claim, while legitimizing police control over their freedom of movement. Understanding this courtroom talk requires analysis of the sociopolitical and historical actions and structures within which the courtroom hearing was embedded. Through this analysis, the interrelatedness of structure, agency, constraint and change, which is central to critical sociolinguistics, becomes apparent. In its investigation of language ideologies that underpin courtroom talk, as well as the details of how language is used, and the social consequences of this talk, the book highlights the need for far-reaching changes to courtroom rules of evidence.

How long is Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control?

Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control by Diana Eades is 407 pages long, and a total of 104,599 words.

This makes it 137% the length of the average book. It also has 128% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 31 minutes to read Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control aloud.

What Reading Level is Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control?

Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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