Forensic Linguistics: Language and the Law

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This course in forensic linguistics will provide students with a deeper understanding of contexts in which language and the law intersect, such as the analysis of police interrogations/interviews, linguistic evidence, police statements, legal statutes and interpreted mediated events. The course will also examine language use (oral and textual) with vulnerable populations (e.g., children, persons with cognitive and intellectual disabilities), non-native speakers of English, African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and the use of linguistic profiling.