Authorship attribution is a process used in forensic linguistic work to determine the author of a written text. It involves analyzing various factors that influence the attribution of authorship, including cognitive and social parameters, as well as genre issues. The aim of authorship attribution is to understand what factors contribute to identifying the author of a text, and it can be applied to various types of texts, including novels and online communications, such as cyber-bullying messages. This process requires a careful analysis of linguistic features and other characteristics of the text to make an informed attribution of authorship.
Definition drawn from Forensic Linguistics (Olsson & Luchjenbroers, 3rd ed.). Extracted text: /Volumes/mu-not/projects/zodiac/books/forensic_linguistics/forensic_linguistics.txt.
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