LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS ON TRIAL: HEARING RACHEL JEANTEL (AND OTHER VERNACULAR SPEAKERS) IN THE COURTROOM AND BEYOND

Rachel Jeantel was the leading prosecution witness when George Zimmerman was tried for killing Trayvon Martin, but she spoke in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and her crucial testimony was dismissed as incomprehensible and not credible. The disregard for her speech in court and the media...

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Published in:Language (Baltimore) 2016-12, Vol.92 (4), p.948-988
Main Authors: Rickford, John R., King, Sharese
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American English
African Americans
Black English
Colloquial language
Courts
Dialects
Forensic linguistics
Jeantel, Rachel
Killing
Language
Linguistics
Prosecutions
Racism
Sociolinguistics
Speech
Testimony
Trials
United States
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