Multilingual challenges in forensic linguistics

Abstract

In an increasingly globalized world, digital communication transcends linguistic boundaries, creating new challenges for forensic linguistics. Forensic linguistics, the study of language applied to legal and criminal contexts, plays a vital role in authorship attribution, deception detection, and threat analysis. However, the rise of multilingual communication poses unique obstacles in accurately identifying authorship and detecting deception. This research explores how multilingualism affects forensic linguistic methods, focusing on authorship attribution and deception detection in digital communication.