Value judgment as an object of forensic linguistic expertise

Abstract

The article deals with the activity of value judgment, one of the forms of forensic linguistic expertise, which is important for solving urgent problems in the life of modern society. We all know that the protection of human rights and personality is a legal priority in modern society. Therefore, at a time when the modern media environment is the increasing spread of lawsuits for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation, arising in connection with controversial situations in the media, the Internet and in public communication, linguistic expertise of materials is widely used. Assessing the use of words in conflict texts, the expert linguist draws conclusions by conducting a philological analysis of the text. The expert opinion is considered one of the main pieces of evidence in civil or criminal proceedings. It is known that during the linguistic expertise the most important role is played by fixing the information by means of language and speech, differentiation of value judgments, as well as subjective opinion of the author of the text. Value judgment-valuable basis for linguistic examination of events or considered situations, properties and actions of people at any level of rank with an assessment of this or that value in terms of something good or bad. Keywords: forensic linguistic expertise, value judgment, evaluation, law, conflict texts, expert linguist.