Law of Language

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This paper discusses police communication and law of language in courts and how it has impacted society in terms of language and cultural barriers. Forensic linguistics is also examined in terms of how police and the courts of law utilize linguists in trials. This document covers linguistic techniques and approaches such as the sliding-scale method.

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"Mention linguistics and the law in the same sentence and most people think of police cases involving handwriting or stylistic analysis to develop a writer profile for some piece of evidence, such as the ransom note in the JonBen? Ramsey murder investigation (Gibbons, 2003). Language is not only an essential component of culture, it is also part of a person's identity and serves as an important function in the exchange of ideas and information (Henrard, 2000). Language must be seen as a necessary precondition to the maintenance of human dignity (Kaplan, 1993). Language rights are crucial from the angle of substantive equality, non-discrimination on the basis of language, equal enjoyment of public services, and equal opportunities (Perkins, 2004)."

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