The Language of Perjury Cases

Roger W. Shuy is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University.

• SECION I: PERJURY AND LINGUISTICS; SECTION II: PERJURY CHARGES WITH INADEQUATE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; SECTION III: PERJURY AND AN ILL-FATED SHIPPING VESSEL, THE KHAIN SEA; SECTION IV: PERJURY CHARGES ACROSS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES; SECTION V: PERJURY CHARGES WITH ADEQUATE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

a good starting point for the curious, especially lawyers, to gain insight into the types of case in which linguists can be useful. It is also an engagingly written, accessible account of a fascinating line of work.