New Trends in Forensic Linguistics

Forensic Linguistics and Forensic Phonetics: An Introduction

Communication is the essence of human civilization. Life would not have been possible without this cognitive faculty. However, with evolution in civilization instances of criminal activities are also on the increase. This paper introduces one such scientific discipline which has the potential to provide an authentic framework for such identifications. It is called Forensic Linguistics. Each ind...

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Exploring trends in forensic odontology.

BACKGROUND Forensic odontology nowadays has become a developing science and is of great importance to society. It is important that dental practitioners should have a proper knowledge of forensics as the need has increased greatly over the last decades due to the unprecedented demand from the criminal justice including terrorism in Kashmir valley (J&K India). MATERIALS AND METHODS Data was co...

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Forensic Linguistics Linguistics and the law: how knowledge of, or ignorance of, elementary linguistics may affect the dispensing of justice

Ignorance of elementary linguistic concepts may have a bearing on justice. This thesis is drawn from the conviction appeal of a Haitian-born American sentenced to prison for 12 years for dealing cocaine. The verdict was based in part on a surreptitious recording of the drug deal. Although the drug dealer on the tape spoke a dialect of American Black English, and the defendant speaks English wit...