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FORENSIC PSYCHOLINGUISTICS: USING LANGUAGE ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING OFFENDERS

Nareeman Jabbar Rasheed

Volume: 10 Issue: 1 2020

Abstract:

Forensic Linguistics (FL) is a relatively new subfield within applied linguistics that studies the different interactions between language and legal field, which is heavily linguistic by nature. In order to have a fair, legal and effective procedures, anyone involved in a legal process ( lawyers, judges, police officers, members of a jury, etc.) benefits from possessing a certain awareness of linguistic principles. With this purpose, the expert testimony of a linguist could contribute to the understanding or recognition of possible interpretations or points of view that might have gone otherwise unnoticed. This article provides the general linguist with an overview of the broad field of FL and highlights the different ways the discipline can contribute to the criminal justice system. It presents a summary of some of the most well-known and discussed legal cases and outlines the interactions between applied linguistics ( main branches, discourse and pragmatics, and semantics).

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i01.040

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