Reflection on Forensic Linguistics

This branch of applied linguistics is by far the serious of them all as it deals with the matter of life and death. Little did we know that forensic linguistics can be further divided into many different categories in solving any crime-related issues. This branch basically deals with forensic context of law, investigation, trial and punishment.

We were in total awe when we were exposed to this during our lesson because it is similar to what popular tv-series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been talking about throughout their entire showtime. It feels good when we can relate our lessons to our personal experience, be it directly or indirectly. It is also nice to know that now we are able to comprehend better any crime-scene related shows! It all makes sense now!

However, the best input from this lesson has got to be when we found out that plagiarism is a form of crime too! Some may take this lightly (hint: not us) even though it has been emphasized since day one when we entered tertiary education.

Not only restricted to teaching, it is amazing that linguist can also further their career in the law sector in helping solve crimes and bring justice.