The role of metaphor in police first response call-outs in cases of suspected domestic abuse

Aldridge, Michelle; Steel, Kate

Abstract

This book explores different aspects of metaphoricity in legal discourse, from court proceedings and written institutionalised texts to judges’ argumentation and in spoken records, among others. It brings together linguists and law professionals from six different countries to investigate metaphor as a conceptual phenomenon accessible through language and, more specifically, through actual linguistic contexts of use.

• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2022
• Deposit Date: Aug 24, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 1, 2027
• Pages: 224-241
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Book Title: Metaphor in Legal Discourse
• Chapter Number: 9
• ISBN: 9781527578494
• Keywords: domestic abuse, police-victim interaction, metaphor
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9900169
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7849-4