section_path: Areas of research/Forensic linguistics
section_name: Forensic linguistics
paragraph_text: Forensic linguistics
  
  Forensic linguistics is the application of linguistic analysis to forensics. Forensic analysis investigates the style, language, lexical use, and other linguistic and grammatical features used in the legal context to provide evidence in courts of law. Forensic linguists have also used their expertise in the framework of criminal cases.