The following two hour lecture was part of a Clinical Seminar at the University of Montana School of Law held on February 15, 2006. The lecture features Prof. Roger Shuy, the Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Prof. Shuy is one of the premier experts in the field of forensic linguistics. He has authored thirty books on linguistics, including six on forensic linguistics. Prof. Shuy has also authored hundreds of articles on linguistics, and has testified numerous times as an expert witness in state and federal courts, as well as before Congress. In the first hour of this lecture Prof. Shuy describes the field of forensic linguistics and how a linguist can be used effectively in litigation. During the second hour of the lecture, Prof. Shuy discusses some of the concepts in his most recent book, Creating Language Crimes: How Law Enforcement Uses (and Misuses) Language ( Oxford University Press, 2005). During this portion of the lecture, Prof. Shuy explains how undercover agents and informants can manipulate language to make innocent words and phrases give the appearance of culpability.
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