Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?
- Written by Georgina Heydon, Associate professor, RMIT University
shutterstockIf you’re an avid viewer of crime shows, you’ve probably come across cases in which an expert, often a psychologist, is called in to help solve a crime using their language analysis skills.
However, in real life it’s the job of forensic linguists like myself to provide such evidence in courts, here in Australia and...





