An Immigrant's Run-in with the Law: A Forensic Linguistic Analysis

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LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007 - Business & Economics - 202 pages

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What is Forensic Linguistics?
11
Assessing Linguistic Abilities
61
Analyzing NonNative Speech
91
Copyright

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About the author (2007)

Kristina Beckman-Brito is an Assistant Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She received an M.A. in English Language and Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. Her work as an ESL teacher led her to investigate how non-native speakers fare in the judicial system.

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