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WorksheetsForensic Linguistics
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Forensic linguistics established its own:
academic organization (The International Association of Forensic Linguistics)
academic organization (Association of Forensic Linguistics)
its own journal (Forensic Linguistics)
its own market (use of area)
(Trademark Infringement) 2 brand usually litigate with each other because their brand names are:
Sounds like the same -> connects to phonology
Looks like the same -> connects to graphology
Means the same -> connects to semantics
Has similar origins -> connects to traditions/history
(Trademark Infringement) Brand names can be:
discriptive
arbitrary
explicit
suggestive
(Product Liability) In a law suite linguists are:
analyzing the language of the charge, whether it stands its ground or not
analyzing the language of the label to determine if it follows the relevant guidelines
analyzing the language of the label to determine if they are clear, unambiguous, and optimally effective
(Product Liability) Linguists can point out the possible meanings that the message presents and determine wether it was clear or not.
True
False
(Authorship of Written Documents) Linguists can add dimensions of linguistic profiling to law enforcement's analyses.
True
False
(Authorship of Written Documents - The analysis)
Which statements are true for profiling?
Language indicators can be: regional and social dialect, age, gender, education, and occupation.
Linguistic profiling is most effectively used to to positively identify a suspect rather than narrow down a suspect list.
Stylistic analysis centers on features that the writer has little or no conscious awareness.
Stylistic analysis centers on features that the writer has awareness, so it is not reliable.
(Speaker Identification) What are the possible problems with speaker identification?
linguists are not allowed in some courts
suspects may not be use their normal speech patterns
need suspects to read original messages → reading voice, talking voice difference
(Criminal cases) What is the role of the linguist in a criminal case?
help the prosecution or the defense
make transcripts of the conversations
analyze and determine the transcripts
lecture the jury on the evidence
(Criminal cases) What is the role of the linguist during the trial?
describe and define what is in a tape recorded conversation
provide juries a transcript from the tape
guess the intentions of the defendent based on the transcripts
ensure the jury that the transcript is accurate
(The Future of Forensic Linguistics) What is one of the most important tasks of forensic linguistics in the future?
to interfere with the ongoing investigations
more and more forensic linguists to testify as experts at trial in the US
confuse the jury and the court with a transcript
