State of the Blog

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This blog is not your destination for learning how to perform forensic linguistic analyses. First of all, I'm paying a lot of money for my education and it wouldn't be fair to anyone if I just gave it away for free. That is because, most importantly, I am a neophyte forensic linguist myself. No one should rely on a newby for an education in a science as nuanced as forensic linguistics. I actually think of this blog as an extension of my class notes.

That being said, I do my best to only publish what I know to be true and to represent the facts fairly. I must refer to my professors, mentors, and those expert forensic linguists with established careers, as well as their published research, as the most reliable sources of information regarding the field. This blog will just be a more available, casual, and personalized brand of study.

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