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In Author Unknown, Don Foster reveals a startling fact: since no two people use language in precisely the same way, our identities are encoded in our own language, a kind of literary DNA. Combining traditional scholarship with modern technology, Foster has discovered how to unlock that code and, in the process, has invented an entire field of investigation -- literary forensics -- by which it becomes possible to catch anonymous authors as they betray their identities with their own words. - Jacket flap.

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4 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2001
    MACMILLAN · 336 pages · 9780333781708
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Owl Books · 320 pages · 9780805068122
  • Hardcover · English · 2000
    Henry Holt · 318 pages · 9780805063578
  • Other · English · 2014
    Holt & Company, Henry · 9781466864252
Literary forgeries and mystificationsAnonimiteitAnonymous writingsStyleEnglish languageResearchTekstanalyseLiterary style