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Forensic Linguistics

Forensic linguistics is a branch of applied linguistics that applies linguistic knowledge and methods to the analysis of spoken and written language as evidence in legal proceedings and criminal investigations.

808

Publications

33.1K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

683

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

188

Variants

Legal Linguistics

Parents

Children

Publications

808

When Is a Liability Not a Liability? Textual Analysis, Dictionaries, and 10‐Ks

Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald · The Journal of Finance · 2011 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Text-Independent Writer Identification and Verification Using Textural and Allographic Features

Marius Bulacu, Lambert Schomaker · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence · 2007 · 487 citations

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Just Words: Law, Language and Power

Laurence Goldman, John M. Conley, William M. O’Barr · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1999 · 470 citations

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Bringing science to digital forensics with standardized forensic corpora

Simson Garfinkel, Paul Farrell, Vassil Roussev et al. · Digital Investigation · 2009 · 388 citations · Full text

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Language and Linguistics on Trial: Hearing Rachel Jeantel (and Other Vernacular Speakers) in the Courtroom and Beyond

John R. Rickford, Sharese King · Language · 2016 · 355 citations

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1–5 of 808

Authors

1.6K

  1. GS
    Geoffrey Stewart Morrison

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    22 publications · 945 citations

    18

    h-index

  2. LS
    Lambert Schomaker

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

    12

    h-index

  3. FN
    Francis Nolan

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 332 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. KF
    Katrin Franke

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    8 publications · 277 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. SI
    Shunichi Ishihara

    Nagoya University, Japan

    8 publications · 168 citations

    8

    h-index

1–5 of 1.6K

Institutions

683

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    19 h-index

    36 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Aston University

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    424 citations

  5. Netherlands Forensic Institute

    The Hague, Netherlands

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    852 citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    656 citations

  8. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    629 citations

1–8 of 683

Venues

  1. 35

    h-index

  2. Journal of Forensic Sciences

    JOFS · 28 publications · 1.1K citations

    19

    h-index

  3. Forensic Science International

    19 publications · 937 citations

    17

    h-index

  4. Law and Human Behavior

    10 publications · 950 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. 10

    h-index

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See also

Forensic Linguistics

Core Methods

Applications

Evidence Types

Legal Contexts

Limitations