Forensic Linguistics: An Introduction To Language, Crime and the Law

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Bloomsbury Publishing, Mar 31, 2008 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 288 pages
First published in 2004, John Olsson's practical introduction to Forensic Linguistics has become required reading for courses on this new and expanding branch of applied linguistics. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout, and includes new chapters on language in the justice system, forensic transcription, and expanded information on forensic phonetics. The book includes an appendix of forensic texts for student study, exercises and suggestions for further reading.

This unique, hands-on introduction to Forensic Linguistics, based on Olsson's extensive experience as a practising forensic linguist, is essential reading for students, and researchers encountering this branch of applied linguistics for the first time.
 

Contents

1 What is Forensic Linguistics?
1
2 Previous authorship studies
17
3 Individuals and language use
25
4 Variation
33
5 Authorship comparison
41
6 Evidence in court
63
7 Nonauthorship cases
68
8 Authorship profiling
94
10 Veracity in language
110
11 Forensic text types
128
12 Forensic phonetics
155
13 Notes on forensic transcription
188
Appendices
195
Notes
244
Bibliography
246
Index
252

9 Plagiarism
100

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About the author (2008)

John Olsson operated a world-renowned forensic linguistics consultancy and training service at www.thetext.co.uk from 1996 onwards. He worked an Adjunct Professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA, where he taught forensic linguistics online. He was also Visiting Professor of Forensic Linguistics at the International University of Novi Pazar in Serbia where he ran an annual summer school in Forensic Linguistics, and was a board member of the Language and Law Centre at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he was also a visiting Professor. He was then a lecturer in Forensic Linguistics in both the School of Linguistics and the School of Law at Bangor University, Wales, and was head of the Forensic Linguistics Institute.

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