Revising the Language of New South Wales Police Procedures: Applied Linguistics in Action.

Gibbons, John

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ERIC Number: EJ637406

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Revising the Language of New South Wales Police Procedures: Applied Linguistics in Action.

Gibbons, John

Applied Linguistics, v22 n4 p439-69 Dec 2001

Discusses revisions of the New South Wales Police Code of Practice designed to encourage interpreters, improve interviews, and enhance intelligibility of scripted cautions. Each of these issues is framed in terms of a model of applied linguistics in which an issue or problem is defined, a solution is proposed and implemented, and the success of the solution is examined. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interpreters, Interviews, Language Styles, Police, Second Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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