Working in Language and Law

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 1-23

3. The Interdisciplinary Status of Forensic Linguistics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Forensic Linguistics: Its Relatives and Neighbors — An Interdisciplinary Perspective

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 27-48

4. Forensic Linguistic Research in Germany in the Past

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49

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   2. The Linguist as an Expert Witness in German Courts. A View from the 1970s

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 51-70

   3. Status and Tasks of Forensic Linguistic Authorship Analysis

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 71-85

   4. “Shibboleths” as Data of Linguistic Behavior

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 86-109

5. Ongoing Research in Forensic Linguistics in Germany

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Libel, Linguists, and Litigation in Germany

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 113-148

   3. A Heuristic Author and Writer/Typist Taxonomy

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 149-165

   4. The System and Diagnostic Potential of Orthographic Data in Forensic Linguistic Authorship Attribution

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 166-191

   5. Orthographic Data in Forensic Linguistic Authorship Analysis

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 192-234

6. Outlook and Future Tasks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235

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   2. Language and Law: Some Needs

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 237-264

   3. Outlook

      • Hannes Kniffka

      Pages 265-271

7. Back Matter

   Pages 272-291

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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.

• English
• event
• future
• German
• Germany
• interdisciplinary
• knowledge
• law
• linguistics
• linguists

'...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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• Bonn University, Germany

  Hannes Kniffka

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).

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