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List of Figures Foreword by R.Shuy Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STATUS OF FORENSIC LINGUISTICS 'Forensic Linguistics': Its Relatives and Neighbours. An Interdisciplinary Perspective PART 2: FORENSIC LINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN GERMANY IN THE PAST The Linguist as an Expert Witness in German Courts. A View from the 1970s Status and Tasks of 'Forensic Linguistic Authorship Analysis' 'Shibboleths' as Data of Linguistic Behavior PART 3: ONGOING RESEARCH IN FORENSIC LINGUISTICS IN GERMANY Libel, Linguists and Litigation A Heuristic Author- and Writer/Typist-Taxonomy The System and Diagnostic Potential of Orthographic Data in Forensic Linguistic Authorship Attribution Orthographic Data in Forensic Linguistic Authorship Analysis PART 4: OUTLOOK AND FUTURE TASKS Language and Law: Some Needs Outlook References Notes Index of Authors Index of English Terms Index of German Terms