THE RESOLUTION OF LINGUISTIC TASKS IN THE EXPERT PRACTICE

Abstract

The article provides grounds for the establishment of specific expert methods of linguistic studies. Based on the analysis of literary sources that deal with the problems of such linguistic categories as «insult», «threat», «appeal», as well as the norms of the law of Ukraine, the article investigates into the possibility of solving within forensic examination certain types of tasks that may be of interests to investigation and court bodies as well as for legal entities and natural persons. These tasks include the identification in the texts of utterances in the form of appeals, threats, as well as those that contain insulting language. Illustrated with examples from expert practice the article shows the possibility of solving the abovementioned tasks and outlines the necessity of further theoretical research and methodological output in the sphere of linguistic examinations. The article also studies the issue of the expert’s competence in the sphere of studying written texts while solving the abovementioned tasks. It demonstrates the capacity of linguistic studies within a comprehensive examination, and describes other types of tasks whose resolution is envisaged within the expert practice.