There are many ways of skinning a cat, my lord: humor in the Malaysian adversarial courtroom
This paper examines verbal humor in courtroom interaction in Malaysia. The adversarial courtroom is normally described as a site of struggle as disputes are presented and argued, while frames of reality are built and challenged. Social actors construct, deconstruct and reconstruct narratives and at...
Main Authors: | Noraini Ibrahim, Radha M.K Nambiar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
2011
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3221/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3221/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3221/1/9-Noraini_Ibrahim_et_al.pdf |
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