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Wednesday, 10 September 2008

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | The case for forensic linguistics

BBC NEWS Science/Nature The case for forensic linguistics

Text message analysis is becoming a powerful tool in solving crime cases.
In February 2008, linguistic evidence contributed to the conviction of David Hodgson in the murder of Jenny Nicholl.
The case highlighted how people choose their own text language "rules" - which they tend to use throughout all their messages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7604770.stm

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