- Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 251 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Language of defamation cases (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Language of defamation cases (Online)
- Subject
- Libel and slander > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Fighting over defamatory language -- How linguistics fits into the picture -- A sixth-grade teacher goes after the local press -- Widow of a murdered man sues a local TV station -- A religious leader, the TV media, and the FCC -- Las Vegas headliner Wayne Newton sues NBC -- Verbal duels between linguistics experts in a case brought by an Ohio Supreme Court justice against a newspaper -- Optometrists vs. ophthalmologists -- Otolaryngologists vs. plastic surgeons -- Infighting in the hair care products industry -- A policy holder sues her insurance company -- An employee sues her employer -- A corporation files a lawsuit against its union -- So are we making any progress?
- LCCN
- 2009007792
- OCLC
- ssj0000339663
- Author
Shuy, Roger W.
- Title
The language of defamation cases [electronic resource] / Roger W. Shuy.
- Imprint
Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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