There are many ways of skinning a cat, my lord: humor in the Malaysian adversarial courtroom

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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...

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Main Authors:	Noraini Ibrahim, Radha M.K Nambiar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3221/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3221/1/9-Noraini_Ibrahim_et_al.pdf

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