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

Author:   John Olsson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780826461094


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   26 March 2004
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   John Olsson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780826461094


ISBN 10:   0826461093
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   26 March 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Previous Authorship Studies; Individuals and Language Use; Evidence in Court; An Authorship Inquiry; Sampling and Authorship; Single Text Inquiries; Authorship Profiling; Detecting Plagiarism; Veracity in Language; Forensic Text Types; Forensic Phonetics; The Forensic Cook Book.

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''The author should be complimented for his efforts in making technical material accessible to a wide array of readers by explaining things in straightforward and simple terms. Praise is also due to the publisher for the extremely attractive and readable typography and book design. Paul Newman, Language, Vol. 83, No. 4<br>--,


''The author should be complimented for his efforts in making technical material accessible to a wide array of readers by explaining things in straightforward and simple terms. Praise is also due to the publisher for the extremely attractive and readable typography and book design. Paul Newman, Language, Vol. 83, No. 4--Sanford Lakoff


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Since 1996, John Olsson has operated a world-renowned forensic linguistics consultancy and training service at www.thetext.co.uk. He is an Adjunct Professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA, where he teaches forensic linguistics online. He is also Visiting Professor of Forensic Linguistics at the International University of Novi Pazar in Serbia where he runs an annual summer school in Forensic Linguistics, and is a board member of the Language and Law Centre at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he is also a visiting Professor.

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