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Forensic Linguistics Hardcover, 6.25 X 10 inches, Perfect Bound, |
• Summarizes select cases from the author's wide experience • Includes authorized analysis of letter in Jon Benét Ramsey case • Covers example cases of meaning interpretation (e.g., did the writer express or intend threat) • Includes a comprehensive list of style markers from criminal and civil authorship cases • Presents a method for analysis useful to document examiners as well as forensic linguists • Provides attorneys with strategies for Daubert-hearings and trial preparation • Ted Kaczynski's manifesto. • The ransom note for Jon Benét Ramsey. • The anthrax letters threatening our government and media agencies. |
With the aid of forensic linguistics, the words criminals leave behind in their unsigned letters can be as distinctive as a signature or voice. Although the linguistic study of language is well established, this important analytical tool is something new for many jurors, judges, attorneys, and other forensic specialists dealing with both criminal and civil cases. Forensic Linguistics: Advances in Forensic Stylistics provides an introduction to the field for those who need to understand what linguist-witnesses do, and aids those experts who need to talk about what they do in non-technical terms.
Stylistics is an identification method which seeks to match one piece of writing to another by analyzing such factors as spelling, text arrangement, abbreviations, word formation, characteristic words and phrases, and syntax. Forensic Linguistics: Advances in Forensic Stylistics documents current advances in this field, including quantitative methods of data analysis, a new way to provide scientific standardization, and new research directed at providing baseline data for determining the significance of style markers.
Table Of Contents:
| LANGUAGE Overview Grammar Language References LINGUISTICS Linguistics Applied Linguistics References LINGUISTIC VARIATION Variation Variation in Language Variation as Ordered Heterogeneity Group Vis-á-Vis Individual Variation The Analysis of Variation Language as a Discrete Combinatorial System Another Discrete Combinatorical System: DNA References FORENSIC LINGUISTICS Forensic Linguistics Areas of Forensic Linguistics Areas Directly Related to Forensic Linguistics Areas Inaptly Related to Forensic Linguistics References STYLE The Concept of Style Style in Language Evaluation Vis-á-Vis Description of Style Group Vis-á-Vis Individual Styles References STYLISTICS Style in Language Linguistic Stylistics Models of Analysis Procedural Outline for Authorship Identification Studies References THE DESCRIPTION OF STYLE The Qualitative Analysis of Style An Example of Qualitative Analysis References THE MEASUREMENT OF STYLE The Quantitative Analysis of Style Statistical Tests for Significance of Variables Measures of Authorship Discrimination Corpus Development of American English References FORENSIC STYLISTICS Forensic Applications of Linguistic Stylistics Legal Definitions of Stylistics Linguistic Stylistics as Evidence Issues in Forensic Stylistic Analysis The Linguist as Expert Witness References |
CASE STUDY: JON BENÉT RAMSEY Introduction Method Findings: Qualitative Findings: Quantitative Discussion Conclusion STYLISTIC VARIATION IN AUTHORSHIP CASES Cases in Forensic Linguistics Adjudicated Cases Examples of Unadjudicated Cases Style Markers Found in 80 Authorship Cases References STYLE AND STYLISTICS OF SPANISH WRITING Abstract (Spanish) Spanish-Language Style and Stylistics |
The book begins with concise coverage of linguistics and writing. It then focuses on the specifics of stylistics, including summaries of over 70 authorship cases. Finally, it presents chapters covering style and stylistics in Spanish, Gujarati, Korean, and Japanese. With a clear and comprehensive presentation, Forensic Linguistics: Advances in Forensic Stylistics helps readers understand recent advances in the theory and method of forensic stylistics for authorship identifion
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By Gerald R McMenamin
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