Interview on WNYC’s “The Leonard Lopate Show” about how forensic linguists detect “fingerprints” in e-mails and other texts. (Aug. 1, 2011)
Ben Zimmer, executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com and Vocabulary.com, and New York Times contributor, explains how forensic linguists try to detect “fingerprints” in e-mails and other digital writing. His article “Decoding Your E-Mail Personality” looks at the how it’s done and what your e-mails and digital writing reveal about you.
(Show page, streaming audio, download, related New York Times article)