Language and Science in Court

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Focusing on expert witnesses within the Anglo-American adversarial system, the book analyzes how evidence is constructed through both verbal and non-verbal means. Utilizing a rich dataset from criminal trials, it explores concepts like stance, epistemicity, and evidentiality to reveal how knowledge claims are formed and assessed. By emphasizing the persuasive role of multimodal communication, it offers insights into the credibility of expert testimony and its implications for legal epistemology, making it essential for forensic linguists, social scientists, and legal scholars.