Working in Language and Law

A German Perspective
2007. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-36221-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kniffka, H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).