Delighted to announce the pre-publication of this paper; it's one I've wanted to write for a while and was really pleased when Madi Hunter decided to give this the impetus and the heavy lifting that it required.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666799125000012?via%3Dihub
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666799125000012?via%3Dihub
#academicsky
#linguistics
#forensicliguistics
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https://www.pancakes.wtf/20250110/language-analysis-across-contexts-a-dialogue-between-forensic-linguistics-and-psychology-and-rejoinder-to-hunter-grant-2025/
I’ve very quickly read through, but will give it more attention later or tomorrow, and get back to you with any thoughts.
Very happy to continue the discussion - genuinely believe it’s important and interesting.
Shockingly, we find no evidence of any independent validation. Our results show that the LIWC coding cannot be relied upon – precision as low as 49.6% and recall as low as 41.7% for some categories.
"Is Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count reliable, efficient, and effective for the analysis of large online datasets in forensic and security contexts?"
...is a resounding "No!"