Analiza treściowa zeznań świadków – między językoznawstwem kognitywnym a psychologią sądową
Content analysis of witness testimony − between cognitive linguistics and forensic psychology

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to investigate the legitimacy of including the linguistic perspectiveto the content analysis of witness testimony, which at the present time is beingprimarily developed in the area of forensic psychology. If we consider the fact that atleast part of the nineteen CBCA criteria included in the Statement Validity Assessmentmethod seems to be rather inaccurate and ineffective, it cannot be treated as a credibleand objective tool to be applied in the Polish forensic practice.The article presents the former achievements of linguists in creating criteria fortestimony content analysis and their definitions to possibly be applied in practice. It alsopresents the results of a diagnostic accuracy survey carried out on a Polish languagematerial on the currently existing linguistic criteria and author’s new proposals

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