Forensic Linguistic Profiling & What Your Language Reveals About You | Harry Bradford | TEDxStoke

How a forensic analysis of language reveals features of idiolect which can be used to identify criminals and terrorists online.
Filmed Dec 2016 at The City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.
[Cameras (Staffs Uni): Oluseyi A Oluyinka; Giorgia Perini; Bob Straw; Tom Andrews; Ed Walker]
[Editor (Staffs Uni): Carl Maddox]
Born in Newcastle under Lyme, Harry Bradford was educated at Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College before studying English Literature and Language at Bangor University where he then specialised in Forensic Linguistics for his MSc. He currently works as a freelance Forensic Linguistic Consultant. This involves work on legal cases where the true identity or emotional state of a writer need to be determined. This often involves decoding texts or online posts to work out who wrote them and what their state of mind was at the time. Harry's talk considers the duality of online anonymity and the role that the field of Forensic Linguistics and linguistic profiling can play in shaping the future of the relationship between online discourse and surveillance.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@alisoncarlisle84]

Taking the term "grammar police" to a whole new level...

[@Greeny_isthegoat]

Excited to start forensics linguistics course!

[@tabithamadigan9851]

Harry Bradford! I remember you coming to my sixth form school to give a talk on the occupation last year; you're the one who sparked my interest in it. Thank you!

[@RhythmAddictedState]

It's "on fleek" though, not "en fleek". One can tell the author of 12:15 isn't a young person under 30...

[@englishwithphil42]

He thought it was "En flique", n'est-ce pas? :)

[@RhythmAddictedState]

@@englishwithphil42 Hahah, "En flic" could've worked too. Would be even funnier, because "flic" is a derogatory word for "cop".

[@layscientificClarity]

Yes, modern times really demand that people be targeted, be vulnerable, both linguistically and body language, both in the real world which is paradoped so that there is a bias that is not chaotic and is spread to the world of syber, that is the cycle of society that always occurs a targeted loop

[@gwb8445]

Very interesting talk.

[@Kev80ification]

Fascinating!

[@juliang7807]

Would forensic linguistics be considered differently if one could clinically prove reincaration was the truth? Which tendencies of how to speak would then be said to continue regardless of what body your soul was in, what language you spoke in that life, or where you had been? And which of those would vary?

[@toroza159]

@@juliang7807 Very interesting question!

[@WaterMetta]

“manifest destiny 2.0” *cringes in colonized*

[@alexandra-ij8ry]

i cant find this guy, anyone actually got it?

[@Greeny_isthegoat]

Cyber crime is very real! I have been a victim

[@jphillips7083]

NOICE!

[@SpaceDementia_]

This is more basic than anything I learned during the introductory talk of my module on Forensic Linguistics during my undergrad... Does anyone know what qualifications/job this man has?

[@eggwife6425]

I believe his education is in the description.

[@TheCinnamondemon]

Didn't really say anything. Spent way too long on the theory when it would've been nice to see concrete examples being deconstructed. the example at the end was 30 sec and pretty silly

Grey haired? Wouldn’t that be Geezer?

[@rolaaaallii9100]

I just did not understand what he wants to say.........

[@adlanti-definitionleague8659]

'Fantastic brand new digital age' Yeah, that's not the case anymore. We definitely are not allowed to spread political ideas freely online as Egypt.

[@mitigiant5328]

tie your tie well

[@bertvsrob]

stoke on trent??

[@benjaminmarchant2052]

by stand up comedy standards this guy was bombing.

[@cameronsweet3221]

Someone try to guess stuff about me

[@linanopal7361]

mega awkward

[@thethinker8805]

will someone wake me up when this waffle is over YAWN

[@chane11ee7]

Lol

[@Mujahadeen87]

rubbish

[@JaneNewAuthor]

I was an internal auditor. We're trained to listen. The words people use and how they use them give away a great deal. It's been extremely useful over the years.

[@yanapalacheva3110]

Quite nice talk, it sparks an interest for sure. Could be more practical examples though, because the last one was like a horoscope - you don't derive anything from the text, you just associate some words with a concrete person.

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

Giving a talk is hard. Kudos, but it sounds like a commercial. i learned nothing new