Forensic Linguistics

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This course is a study of methods for language analysis in legal settings. It explores two main topics: “The language of the legal process” and “Language as evidence.” This class explores key ideas in legal language, emergency service calls, police interviews, and courtroom discourse. It introduces forensic linguistic and phonetic casework, research, and practice. By the end of the class, students will be equipped to conduct research tasks in authorship attribution, speaker identification, and plagiarism.