Forensic linguist enters fiction / Forensischer Linguist als Romanfigur
Newsday reported on November 29 (when I first drafted this entry) that Kathy Reichs has introduced a forensic linguist called Rob Potter in her latest novel. He is based on Robert Leonard, an academic and private forensic linguist. It was news to me that he retired as a rock singer at the age of 21. The newcomer is based on one of Reichs' friends, Robert Leonard, 59, a real-life former rock star-turned-forensic linguistics professor. Leonard, in fact, heads the Forensic Linguistics Project at Hofstra University. Professionals in that field analyze wr…
» Vollständiger ArtikelArticle on forensic linguistics
Transblawg | 18. Januar 2006 — Good article on forensic linguistics in the Washington Times, with input from well-known forensic linguists (via Forensic L…
LInguists and linguisticians
Transblawg | 30. Oktober 2007 — Reviewer's letter to TLS, September 14, 2007: Sir, - In my review of David Crystal's How Language Works (July 20), the word 'lin…
Forensic Engineering
Handakte WebLAWg | 12. April 2005 — 1) National Academy of Forensic Engineers http://www.nafe.org/NafeMainDef.htm 2) Institution of Structural Engineers: Paris…
Interpreting errors continued/u.a. Dolmetschen
Transblawg | 15. März 2006 — Continuing the topic of incorrect interpreting (see earlier entry), Roger Shuy takes up the topic at Language Log. A fe…
Language Log book / Linguistikblog in Buchdeckeln
Transblawg | 20. Juni 2006 — Two reviews of Language Log’s book ‘Far from the Madding Gerund’ (it has a prominent place on the blog’s home page). I didn’t…
British racism and miscarriage of justice
Transblawg | 10. April 2006 — Particularly of interest tothose from Birmingham: The centrepiece of the work is the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Geor…
Daten-Forensiker Keith Jones: Web Browser Forensic
smartnuts | 12. April 2005 — Ab und an kommt es im Alltag eines Forensic Analysts/Security Auditors vor, dass eine forensische Datenanalyse auf einem Datenbest…
New Oxford Companion to Law
Transblawg | 17. Oktober 2008 — Here's an exciting update. The Oxford Companion to Law (1980) was done completely by David M. Walker, a Scottish lawyer. The New …
KPMG: Tax Fraud & Forensic Accounting - Umgang mit Wirtschaftskriminalität
Steuerpraxis | 14. Dezember 2010 — Das Thema ist von höchster Brisanz in Unternehmen, da ein fehlendes oder unzureichendes Anti-Fraud-Management längst kein Kav…
Anus motion/Übersetzungsprobleme
Transblawg | 25. April 2006 — Matthew Baldwin of The Morning News reports - or reported - that Spanish-speaking drivers have been getting out of drunk driv…
