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This comprehensive study from Cambridge University Press investigates intensifiers in late modern English courtroom discourse through a detailed sociopragmatic lens. The authors analyze how legal professionals and witnesses utilize intensifying expressions to convey emphasis, credibility, and persuasion within the structured environment of courtroom proceedings.
The research explores the linguistic patterns of intensifiers across different participant roles, including judges, lawyers, and witnesses, revealing how these language features vary based on social context and pragmatic purpose. Drawing on authentic courtroom data, the book demonstrates the relationship between intensifier usage and register, formality levels, and discourse strategies specific to legal communication.
This volume contributes significantly to sociolinguistic understanding of professional discourse and provides valuable insights into how language intensity markers function in high-stakes communicative contexts. It will appeal to linguists, legal professionals, and researchers interested in English language variation and pragmatics.
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