Forensic Linguistics: Language Issues in Three Murder Cases
Language is an important part of the legal system. A lot of evidence in court is language evidence. But linguistics, the formal study of language, is underutilized in American courtrooms. The subfield of forensic linguistics, or language and law, is concerned specifically with areas in which language and the law intersect. This talk uses three real-life murder trials to illustrate where a linguist could, or did, help interpret the meaning of evidence.
Long-time Mensa member Joseph Devney has a master’s degree in Linguistics, and formal training in forensic linguistics. He has given presentations to lawyers and to non-specialists about the field. He has also delivered papers to forensic linguistics conferences in the U.S., Portugal, the Netherlands, and China.
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