Women’s Speech as an Object of Forensic Linguistic Examination
Keywords:
forensic linguistics, gender linguistics, women’s speech, authorship profiling, psychological violenceAbstract
The article examines women’s speech as two distinct objects of forensic linguistic examination: first, the determination of the gender of the author of an anonymous or disputed text (authorship profiling); second, the assessment of speech addressed to women that contains insults, threats or stalking. Recent research in Uzbek linguistics, foreign stylometric experience and the current legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan are analysed. It is argued that conclusions regarding an author’s gender can only be probabilistic and must be examined separately from such factors as genre, age and level of education.
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