Working in Language and Law: A German Perspective

by H. Kniffka

Overview

Working in Language and Law is a detailed account of the forensic linguistic work done by the author in the last 35 years. It provides exemplary insights into an ever-expanding field of expert testimony, focusing on the situation in Germany since the seventies and covering all major areas of the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230551428
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/22/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	291
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

HANNES KNIFFKA is Professor of General and Applied Linguistics at Bonn University, Germany. He has published articles on sociolinguistics, 'culture-contrastive' and anthropological linguistics, text linguistics and forensic linguistics., and his books include Elements of Culture-Contrastive Linguistics(1995) and Recent Developments in Forensic Linguistics ( editor, 1996).

Table of Contents

List of Figures Foreword by R.Shuy Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STATUS OF FORENSIC LINGUISTICS 'Forensic Linguistics': Its Relatives and Neighbours. An Interdisciplinary Perspective PART 2: FORENSIC LINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN GERMANY IN THE PAST The Linguist as an Expert Witness in German Courts. A View from the 1970s Status and Tasks of 'Forensic Linguistic Authorship Analysis' 'Shibboleths' as Data of Linguistic Behavior PART 3: ONGOING RESEARCH IN FORENSIC LINGUISTICS IN GERMANY Libel, Linguists and Litigation A Heuristic Author- and Writer/Typist-Taxonomy The System and Diagnostic Potential of Orthographic Data in Forensic Linguistic Authorship Attribution Orthographic Data in Forensic Linguistic Authorship Analysis PART 4: OUTLOOK AND FUTURE TASKS Language and Law: Some Needs Outlook References Notes Index of Authors Index of English Terms Index of German Terms

Editorial Reviews

'...is an impressive work that should certainly enjoy wide readership within the language& law community. For those who have a curiosity about FL, this work, while technical, is accessible and nuanced. For those who have a strong interest in FL, especially those practitioners of authorship attribution and language crimes, WLLGP epitomizes the type of care that should be performed in FL analyses. This could only have been achieved by someone of Kniffka's caliber, experience and ability in balancing the fields of linguistics and law.' - Linguist

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