Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. List of tables and figures xi
5. 1. Investigating the English historical courtroom 1
6. 2. The characteristics of questions and answers 23
7. 3. Questioning procedures in courtrooms 73
8. 4. A systematic approach to context identification and analysis 105
9. 5. Questions in the historical courtroom (1640–1760) 135
10. 6. Interactional intent of participants’ utterances 165
11. 7. Judicial examiners’ questioning strategies 175
12. 8. Lawyers’ questioning strategies (1640–1760) 199
13. 9. Defendants’ strategies (1640–1670) 223
14. 10. Witnesses’ ‘answering’ strategies (1640–1760) 245
15. 11. Courtroom interaction in the historical period 267
16. 12. Concluding comments 281
17. Notes 295
18. Appendices 309
19. Bibliography 347
20. Indices 365