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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Picornell, Isabel, editor. | Perkins, Ria, editor. | Coulthard, Malcolm, editor. Title: Methodologies and challenges in forensic linguistic casework / [edited by] Isabel Picornell, Ria Perkins, Malcolm Coulthard. Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2021] | Series: Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing & law | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021035759 (print) | LCCN 2021035760 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119614579 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119614685 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119614678 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Forensic linguistics. Classification: LCC HV8073.5 .M47 2021 (print) | LCC HV8073.5 (ebook) | DDC 363.25--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021035759 LC ebook record available at
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Contents
1 Cover
6 Preface
9 1 Forensic Linguistic Casework
10 Section 1 2 The Starbuck Case: Methods for Addressing Confirmation Bias in Forensic Authorship Analysis 3 A Forensic Authorship Analysis of the Ayia Napa Rape Statement Lisa Donlan and Andrea Nini 4 Linguistic Profiling: A Spanish Case Study 5 Other Language Influence Detection: Profiling the Native Language of a Dark Web Pedophile 6 Forensic Plagiarism Detection and Analysis
11 Section 2 7 Mourning the Slow Death of Miranda: California v. Ceja 8 Detecting Faked Texts 9 Joining ISIS? A Pragmatic Discourse Analysis of Chat Messages in a Counterterrorism Case 10 “I Wanted to Leave A Long Time Ago”: Casework in Suicide Letter Analysis: Methods Used and Lessons Learned 11 Casework in Forensic Linguistics: Looking Outward
12 Index
List of Figures
1 Chapter 3Table 2.1 Linguistic Feature ExamplesTable 3.1 List of Comparison Corpora UsedTable 3.2 Relative Frequency and Frequency...Table 3.3 Relative Frequency and Frequency...Table 3.4 Relative Frequency and Frequency...Table 3.5 Relative Frequency and Frequency...Table 3.6 Relative Frequency and Frequency...
2 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Timeline of Nogueira’s Victims andTable 4.2 Nogueira’s PsychologicalTable 4.3 Linguistic Samples Analyzed forTable 4.4 Instances of Masculine and FeminineTable 4.5 Examples of Excerpts Where the Author PortraysTable 4.6 Examples of the Use of EmoticonsTable 4.7 Some Expressions Typically UsedTable 4.8 Chatlog Excerpt Where the Author DescribesTable 4.9 Examples of Lexical ElementsTable 4.10 Checklist of Distinctive Linguistic FeaturesTable 4.11 Comparison Between the Linguistic
3 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Tongue Twister Literal TranslationsTable 5.2 Article Typologies
4 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Verbatim PlagiarismTable 6.2 Instance of plagiarism with alterations to the originalTable 6.3 Example of Reproduction of MistakesTable 6.4 Example of Translingual PlagiarismTable 6.5 Example of Translingual PlagiarismTable 6.6 Example of Translingual Plagiarism
5 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Questions and Responses in Spanish and
6 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Contextual Audience Analysis (CAA) Toolkit
7 Chapter 10Table 10.1 The SNAC Checklist of Linguistic Features
Guide
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