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Title: Recent Developments in Forensic Linguistics

Recent Developments in Forensic Linguistics

Edited by Hannes Kniffka - In cooperation with Susan Blackwell and Malcolm Coulthard

by Hannes Kniffka (Volume editor)
©1996 Edited Collection 406 Pages
Linguistics

Summary

This is a selection of papers presented at two 1993-conferences on various areas of research in 'language and law', the Bonn, July 1993, First International Conference of the «International Association of Forensic Linguists» and the 'Forensic Linguistics'-Workshop at the Xth World Congress of AILA in Amsterdam, August 1993. The volume documents theoretical (linguistic) implications, methodological postulates, a variety of analytical techniques and tools, professional and ethical maxims and the multitude of «real world»-problems faced and tackled by the forensic linguistic expert giving testimony in court. It marks the beginning of a truly international discussion of representatives of the field from various countries and cultural backgrounds.

Details

Pages
406
Year
1996
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631476031
Language
English
Published
Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien, 1996. 406 pp., num. tab.

Biographical notes

Hannes Kniffka (Volume editor)

The Editor: Hannes Kniffka, born in 1942, studied General and Applied Linguistics at Bonn, Cologne and Stanford, CA. He held teaching positions in the US, Germany, Arab Countries, PR-China from 1970 to 1988. Since 1989 he is a professor of General and Applied Linguistics at Bonn University. The Contributors: Hannes Kniffka, Tom Davis, E.H. Hilton Hubbard, Eugene Winter, Theo Bungarten, C.J. Storey, Raymond Hickey, Diana Eades, Susan Blackwell, Charles Owen, Michael Becker-Mrotzek, Gunter Presch, John M. Conley/David W. Peterson, Vaclava Musilova, Wolfgang Hehn/Sabine Schall, Wolfgang Steinke.

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