The Language of Perjury Cases

TheLanguageofPerjuryCasesoutlinesthecontributionsthatlinguisticscanmaketoboththegatheringofevidenceandthewaythatevidenceisanalyzedinperjurycases.RogerW.Shuydescribeselevenrepresentativelawsuits--involvingbankruptcy，unions，huntinglicenses，doctors，priests，andSenators--forwhichheservedasaconsultant.Shuy'slinguisticanalysisillustrateshowgrammaticalreferencing，speechacts，discoursestructure，framing，conveyedmeaning，intentionality，andmaliciouslanguageaffectedtheoutcomeofthesecases.