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78: Forensic Linguistics, Really (with Helen Fraser, Georgina Heydon, Diana Eades, Seán Roberts, and Steph Rennick)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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The Status of Language Analysis for the Determination of the Origin of Asylum Seekers in Australia

In the book, you mentioned Lado, L-A-D-O, language analysis for the determination of the origin of asylum seekers. What's the status? Is that just junk science? And is it still being used? Good question. I think we'll get Diana to talk about that one. You go after it. Yeah. The issue is not resolved. It is still happening in countries overseas. There's much, there's a greater awareness of the problematic nature of the way some of that work's being done. Some of the work is being done much more carefully.

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