Did you know that victims of crimes use a specific type of language? It is true! To find out if a person is being deceptive or making a false claim about an individual of an attack, they will use particular words and not use other words. Would you like an example? Before I give one example, understand that every crime has it’s own dynamic. In other words not every crime is the same; it is unique. Albeit, rape is rape, murder is murder (these are the a few of the categories of crimes but as stated each crime scene has its own unique and individual dynamics. In the example it will be very ambiguous and generalized only for learning a few concepts. We will perform a short statement analysis to give you an example of what it is I do! Statement example: False claim: "We went into the bedroom and he said take off my clothes!" True claim: “A man threw me into a bedroom and ripped my clothes off of me.” If you observe closely you can detect some significant yet very subtle differences. 1. “We” Vs. “A man”- “We” implies togetherness in this context. “A man” is disassociated and does not link to the victim linguistically. A man also suggests the not knowing of the attacker. 2. “Went” is agreed “Threw” is not agreed went is also casual, threw is aggressive matching the asserted dynamic. 3. “A Room” Is not the same as “the room” If we are holding to our example that “we” are learning of this for the first time. Just like in real life proper introductions are also employed in language. 4. In the first statement the pronoun “he” has not been expressed and leaves us wondering who “he” is. Are we to assume it is the attacker? Deceptive people will make you assume what they want you to believe. 5. Observe the use of pronouns between the two statements. In the first we observe 3, WE, HE and MY. In the second we also observe 3 ME, MY, ME! A real experience was had subconsciously and presented linguistically as such by the person in the second. Deceptive people convince not convey. 6. The harsh word “Ripped” is also another clue. Deceptive people often use language softeners. Notice in the first sentence the words “he said” not “he told” A big difference in this light. 7. “He said to take off my clothes” Vs. “Ripped My clothes off of me” observe the context here. The first one implies choice. The second one is an event unto itself. 8. Observe in the two sentences the placement of the speakers in their own sentences. In sentence one she is attached to herself linguistically. In the second the speaker is not. You may not observe this at first so allow me clarify. In sentence one the speaker says “”WE” immediately connecting themselves to the event. In the second sentence the speaker says a man threw me. Indicating a disassociation from self in this context. Also in the first sentence look how close the pronoun “he” is to the pronoun “my”. In the second sentence the “me at the end of the sentence is humanizing the victim again. Yes the first me is used in a dissociative manner. 9. The use of the definitive article “The” in the first sentence Vs. the non-definitive article “A” in the second is another very significant clue as well. So in short this is by no means a definitive description of every scenario but a mere example to give you some insight as to the complexities of structural linguistics and deception detection. Reed
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:33:46 +0000
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