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The research represented in this volume, and in the series as a whole, is intended to provide critical analyses and findings that can underpin the development of language policies, practice guides and other resources that support a fair and accessible legal system. However, this will also require well-developed teaching and research programmes, so it is our intention that this volume will continue to support the growth of forensic linguistics in Southern African universities and nurture the next generation of scholars dedicated to forensic and legal linguistics. This aim will be supported by the newly formed African Association of Forensic and Legal Linguists (AAFLL), which will help to coordinate the study of forensic linguistics in Africa. This book series, Studies in Forensic and Legal Linguistics in Africa and Beyond, Volumes I, II, III and IV, continues to play an important role in bringing African forensic linguistic scholarship to a wider audience, while simultaneously promoting the field amongst academic and legal institutions in Africa.

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Russell H. Kaschula is a Professor in the Department of African Language Studies at the University of the Western Cape, where he is the Postgraduate Coordinator. He also holds the Chair in Forensic Linguistics and Multilingualism. He serves as Secretary to the newly formed African Association of Forensic and Legal Linguists (AAFLL); he is also a member of the International Advisory Board to the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. Monwabisi Knowledge Ralarala is a Professor and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of the Western Cape. He is the founder and Chief Series Editor of Studies in Forensic and Legal Linguistics in Africa and Beyond (SF&LLA), as well as the International Advisory Board Member for the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. He serves as Chairperson to the newly formed African Association of Forensic and Legal Linguists (AAFLL). Georgina Heydon is a Professor in Criminology and Justice Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. Her research analyses the language of police interviewing and other forms of evidential language in the justice system in Australia, Mozambique and Indonesia. She is a past President of the International Association of Forensic and Legal Linguistics and, as a forensic linguist, she provides expert evidence on authorship identification and commercial trademark cases.

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