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Haviland, John B. 1989. Mixtecs, migrants, multilingualism, and murder.
Publication type
Working paper
Publication language
English

Annotation

Analysis of the relationship between language and power, in a courtroom setting. H. suggests that the underlying theory of language in the courtroom effectively obliterates from consideration certain facts about language use, by legislating official metapragmatics. Data from an Oregon trial in which a young Mexican migrant was convicted for murder.