"Um, i can tell you're lying": Linguistic markers of deception versus truth-telling in speech

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-411

  Arciuli, Joanne ^a   Mallard, David ^b   Villar, Gina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77957271854     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716410000044     Document Type: Article

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