Overview
Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework Discover more about Forensic Linguistics, a fascinating cross-disciplinary field from an international team of renowned contributors Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework provides an overview of the range of forensic linguistic casework typically found in investigative and judicial contexts. In these case studies, the authors demonstrate how linguistic theory is applied in real-life forensic situations and the constraints and challenges they have to deal with. Drawing on linguistic expertise from the USA and Europe involving casework in English, Spanish, Danish and Portuguese, our contributing practitioners exemplify the most common types of text analysis such as identifying faked texts, suspect profiling, analyzing texts whose authorship is questioned, and giving expert opinions on meaning and understanding. Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework is designed for investigators and legal practitioners interested in the use of language analysis for investigative or evidentiary purposes, as well as for students and researchers wanting to understand how linguistic theory and analysis may be applied to solving real-life forensic problems using current best practice.
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Author: Isabel Picornell (Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, UK) ,
Ria Perkins (Ministry of Defence; Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, UK) ,
Malcolm Coulthard (Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, UK)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 178.10cm
, Height: 11.20cm
, Length: 252.90cm
Weight: 0.011kg
ISBN: 9781119614579
ISBN 10: 1119614570
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 14 April 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Isabel Picornell, PhD, is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, UK. She is a certified Fraud Examiner and runs a forensic linguistic consultancy. Her main research interest is authorship in deceptive contexts. Ria Perkins, PhD, works as a civil servant for the Ministry of Defence, and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics in Birmingham, UK. Her casework specialty is authorship profiling, and her research interests include the language of persuasion and power, and Other Language Influence Detection (OLID). Malcolm Coulthard, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Forensic Linguistics at Aston University, UK, where he founded the Centre for Forensic Linguistics. He was Foundation President of the International Association of Forensic Linguists and Founding Editor of the International Journal of Speech Language and the Law and Language and Law – Linguaegem e Direito.
