TY - GEN AB - This edited book provides a comprehensive survey of the modern state of the art in forensic linguistics. Part I of the book focuses on the role of the linguist as an expert witness in common law and civil law jurisdictions, the relation of expert witnesses and lawyers, ethics standards, and courtroom interaction. Part II deals with some of the major areas of expertise of forensic linguistics as the scientific study of language as evidence, namely authorship identification, speaker identification, text authentication, deception and lie detection, plagiarism detection, and cyber language crimes. This book is intended to be used as a reference for academics, students and practitioners of Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, Law, Criminology, and Forensic Psychology, among other disciplines. Victoria Guillen-Nieto is Senior Lecturer at the Department of English Studies, University of Alicante, Spain Dieter Stein is Emeritus Professor at Anglistik III Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Germany. . AU - Guillén-Nieto, Victoria, AU - Stein, Dieter, CN - P129 CY - Cham, Switzerland : DA - 2022. DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-84330-4 DO - doi ID - 1444350 KW - Forensic linguistics. KW - Linguistique légale. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-84330-4 N1 - Includes index. N2 - This edited book provides a comprehensive survey of the modern state of the art in forensic linguistics. Part I of the book focuses on the role of the linguist as an expert witness in common law and civil law jurisdictions, the relation of expert witnesses and lawyers, ethics standards, and courtroom interaction. Part II deals with some of the major areas of expertise of forensic linguistics as the scientific study of language as evidence, namely authorship identification, speaker identification, text authentication, deception and lie detection, plagiarism detection, and cyber language crimes. This book is intended to be used as a reference for academics, students and practitioners of Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, Law, Criminology, and Forensic Psychology, among other disciplines. Victoria Guillen-Nieto is Senior Lecturer at the Department of English Studies, University of Alicante, Spain Dieter Stein is Emeritus Professor at Anglistik III Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Germany. . PB - Palgrave Macmillan, PP - Cham, Switzerland : PY - 2022. SN - 9783030843304 SN - 3030843300 T1 - Language as evidence :doing forensic linguistics / TI - Language as evidence :doing forensic linguistics / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-84330-4 ER -