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Contact Details
Tel: 0121 204 3846
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests
My research focuses on linguistic expressions of identity in online criminal contexts including child sexual abuse and fraud, using pragmatic tools like rhetorical move analysis and speech act theory. I am particularly interested in the language of deviant and criminal online communities and how linguistic analysis can inform undercover police practice in this area. My current research interests include ideological/behavioural escalation in online groups and the use of large language models for both criminal and policing purposes.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Rhetorical moves and identity performance in online child sexual abuse interactions, Centre for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sept 2018
Award Date: 1 Apr 2019
MA, Chatroom groomers as discourse communities: A move analysis of chatroom grooming interactions, Centre for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
1 Sept 2014 → 30 Sept 2015
Award Date: 1 Jul 2016
BA, Oxford Brookes University
18 Sept 2006 → 5 Jun 2009
Award Date: 30 Jul 2009
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Research output
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Fighting fraud: Corpus-assisted approaches to understanding and disrupting fraud activity on the dark web
Chiang, E., Kredens, K. & Thornton, J., Dec 2025, In: Applied Corpus Linguistics. 5, 3, 10 p., 100159.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linguistic Analysis of Online Criminal Communications
Schneevogt, D. & Chiang, E., 26 May 2025, Encyclopaedia of Applied Linguistics 2nd Edition. 2nd ed.Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Linguistic mechanisms of knowledge-exchange in a dark-web money laundering forum
Chiang, E., Aug 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 8, 16 p., 0329777.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding behavioural and ideological escalation in harmful online communities
MacLeod, N., Morton, R. & Chiang, E., 2025, (Unpublished).Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper › peer-review
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“This is an extortion note”: a corpus-driven genre analysis of commercial extortion letters
Petyko, M., Busso, L., Atkins, S., Chiang, E., Basu, N. & Grant, T., 5 Nov 2025, In: Language and Law/Linguagem e Direito. 11, 2, p. 160-178 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thesis
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Rhetorical moves and identity performance in online child sexual abuse interactions
Chiang, E. (Author), Grant, T. D. (Supervisor) & Marley, C. N. (Supervisor), Apr 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Body of evidence: meet the experts working in crime scene forensics
12/12/21
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