Beyond Grammar: Forensic Linguistic Cheat Sheet
Writing is a mirror that reflects the writer’s thoughts, emotions, orientations, origins, and even intentions. Writing is meaningful. Rarely does one stop and inquire, while in the process of writing: “How much information am I conveying to the world about myself in what I am writing right now?”
Regardless of the genre one is writing about, every single written word can give information about its writer, otherwise fields like text analysis and sentiment analysis would not exist ;)
To put it simply, writing pieces that are destined to be shared publicly with the world are considered data. Depending on the degree of attachment of the writer to their content, conclusions and results can easily be reached.
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What writers should revise before publishing their work are the following points:
Stylistic fingerprint is meaningful
The sentences chosen carry structure and meaning. Every writer has their own linguistic identity when it comes to the choice of sentence and statement structures. For example, some would write using the passive form, others tend to be more inclined to the use of active voice. Some would love to use simple sentences, others make more use of complex, compound, or compound…
