Talk:Forensic linguistics

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Forensic linguistics is the branch of forensic science which deals with the interface between language, crime, and the law.

http://www.thetext.co.uk/

http://www.iafl.org/

http://builder.bham.ac.uk/forensiclinguistics/home.asp

http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/HCLAS/FLP/index_FLP.cfm

http://www.forensiclinguistics.net

http://www.forensic-linguistic.webs.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.252.73.94 (talk) 00:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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How Many Words in Kaczynski's "Unabomber Manifesto"?
This article says that composition contains 3,500 words. But the main Wikipedia "Kaczynski" article says 35,000. So, which is it?

The article now says 35,000 words, which is correct. Also, citations have been added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JonnoFLI (talk • contribs) 01:46, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Addition removed
I removed this addition because it's not quite ready yet and still needs some improvement. It is not written in an encyclopedic tone (it says things like "when we study..." and "this brings us to our second point") and it includes a lot of unnecessary detail. This would be appropriate writing for, for example, a textbook or an introductory class, where you are trying to teach someone a new concept and walk them through it step-by-step, but it's not appropriate for an encyclopedia article. Furthermore, it should be written in summary style, especially because it's in a section that's meant to be an overview. This is not really the place for a detailed account of issues and limitations with conversation analysis in forensic linguistics, different types of witnesses, or a [frankly quite random] diversion into what 'policespeak' is. This section should just describe, as clearly as briefly as possible what it means to "study the language of legal processes". Finally, this may be a little nitpicky, but the addition included many errors, both grammatical (e.g. "speech is in the spoken form being *transcribe") and conceptual (e.g. "there will inevitably be a degree of subjectivity in the transcriber’s interpretation of the interviewee’s discourse. The transcriptions finally produced might be skewed towards the intentions of the interviewer." --- the last word there should probably be "transcriber", not "interviewer"). Please be careful to review and edit your contributions to correct these issues. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 22:19, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Dealing with multiple issues tag
Hello. I would like to improve this article and any input from editors is welcome and probably it is necessary. I agree that the examples need trimming. There are citations to add also. Any suggestions for priority areas for the improvement? Lam Kin Keung (talk) 03:43, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Attributions to John Olsson
Hello everyone! I'm curious if the references above are two different (the first and the second) editions of the same book. There is no information on the web that Mr. Olsson has published a book by the name of the second one above: "An Introduction to Language Crime and the Law". As far as I know, this is just the subtitle of the book named "Forensic Linguistics", which has already been attributed in this very article and given as the first in this message. Dr. CoalMessage 23:20, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * John Olsson (2008). Forensic Linguistics, Second Edition. London: Continuum ISBN 978-0-8264-6109-4 (Attribution 2, currently.)
 * John Olsson (2004). An Introduction to Language Crime and the Law. London: Continuum International Publishing Group (Attribution 6, currently.)

Should there be elaboration on "Ransom demands or other threat communication"?
This section focuses solely on on the Lindbergh Kidnapping ransom note. while that was famous case and the ransom note is useful in understanding the basic criteria needed to have a ransom note, there are other notes that should be looked at. Furthermore this section should just give an overview of what a ransom note should include. For example, ransom notes need to have a threat, leverage, and reward. You will need a reference for that. An expansion on that, rather than a focus on one specific case would greatly benefit this section. Michalisk2016 (talk) 21:40, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

On the talk page it is mentioned that there may be a need for more elaboration when it comes to certain details, specifically what qualifies as a ransom note depending on its contents. In order to meet this requirement, I will find and include new sources on the topic of ransom notes [1] and the necessary and sufficient characteristics of them, in addition to information and sources about the Lindbergh Kidnapping and that particular note [2]. Perhaps, if available, other instances in which ransom notes played a prominent role could be included in this section as a way of showing similarities and differences between ransom notes. Rscudi (talk) 20:25, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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New literature?
I've found a number of new journal articles on the discipline itself! I might be able to incorporate a couple, I'll add the changes in this section here.

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Edit Sources
I believe a few of the sources are a little outdated and need to be edited with new and more current sources. DKYL808 (talk) 00:18, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Sources for more contributions
Akbari, Alireza. “How to Raise Quality Assurance in Legal Translation: The Question of Objectivity?” Studies in Logic, Grammar & Rhetoric, vol. 53, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 7–29. EBSCOhost, libproxy.albany.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pif&AN=EP132850651&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Ali, Siddig Ahmed1, and Mohamed Abd Allah Abd2 Algane. “The Role of Forensic Translation in Courtrooms Contexts.” Arab World English Journal, vol. 4, May2013 Special Issue 2013, pp. 171–180. EBSCOhost, libproxy.albany.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=90141334&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Sierocka, Halina. “Cultural Dimensions of Legal Discourse.” Studies in Logic, Grammar & Rhetoric, vol. 38, no. 1, Sept. 2014, pp. 189–196. EBSCOhost, libproxy.albany.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pif&AN=PHL2238856&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Any feedback is appreciated!

Erint333 (talk) 22:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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