THE ROLE OF CORPUS-BASED FORENSIC LINGUISTIC APPROACHES IN PROFILING THE SUSPECTS OF TAX EVASION
Keywords:
Corpora, Corpus-Based, Forensic Linguistics, Deception, Linguistic Profiling, Tax EvasionAbstract
Tax evasion has been a serious issue in the financial based administrative system of Pakistan which has played its adverse role in declining the economic stability of the country since decades. Though many managerial efforts have been made to address the issue yet it has remained there obstinately. In this regard the role of language is imperative which is effectively used in the process of financial deception by manipulating it strategically. The focus of this study is on the prospects of integrating the corpus based forensic linguistic techniques in profiling the suspects of tax evasion in Pakistan. This is done by considering the selected corpus related to taxation and taking into consideration the approach of analyzing it through the consideration of forensic linguistic approach using corpus software LancsBox. This method covers the resources for the language based outlining of the tax evasion issue on the foundation of linguistic analyses of the selected corpora which is used as linguistic markers in the legal spheres. This study shows that the corpus based forensic linguistic approach is a significant framework of not only detecting the patterns of language used in the tax evasion but it can also be useful for the linguistic profiling of suspects involved in tax evasion through analysis of the communication patterns.
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