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This chapter gives a brief account of forensic linguistics as an auxiliary science in forensic matters, and its structural and factual relationship with and its position among other sciences. The metaphorical terms in the title are used as an approximative indication of the multifold relations in which forensic linguistics can be viewed.
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© 2007 Hannes Kniffka
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Kniffka, H. (2007). Forensic Linguistics: Its Relatives and Neighbors — An Interdisciplinary Perspective. In: Working in Language and Law. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230590045_2
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