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Michael Toolan

The University of Birmingham

I teach and research in Stylistics and Narrative Analysis at the University of Birmingham where I am Head of the Division of English Language and Applied Linguistics. I am editor of the Journal of Literary Semantics.

Language and Law

Language and the Law

Brief course description

Course Schedule

Readings potentially relevant to Semesters I and II, 2003-4:

1. M. Coulthard, "The official version..."
2. J. Gibbons, "Legal transformations in Spanish..."
3. F. Rock, "The genesis of a witness statement..."
4. J. Stratman and P. Dahl, "Readers' Comprehension of TRO's..."
5. T. Davis, "ESDA and the analysis of police interview notes..."
6. Y. Maley et al., "Orientations in Lawyer-Client Interviews".
7. P. Tiersma, "Textualizing the Law".

 

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