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idiolect: a standalone construct

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idiolect1 CONSTRUCTIdiolect (Forensic)COULTHARD · FORENSIC

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Forensic linguistics

an individual's distinctive and personal way of using language, which forensic linguists use to help identify authors.

In forensic linguistics, idiolect refers to an individual's distinctive and personal way of using language, which forensic linguists use to help identify authors. This meaning comes from Coulthard (2004) in Applied Linguistics.[1]

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  1. Coulthard, M. (2004). Author Identification, Idiolect, and Linguistic Uniqueness. Applied Linguistics, 25(4), 431-447. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/25.4.431

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