Carleton University · ALDS 3802

Introduction to Forensic Linguistics

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Study of language use as legal evidence and in court proceedings. Consideration of oral, written, and multimodal linguistic evidence in a variety of forensic contexts including authorship profiling, asylum seeking, plagiarism, police interviews, etc. Application of selected data analysis methods to real-world forensic linguistic data.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of instructor.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of instructor.
  • Lectures three hours per week
Reference text in its original language

Study of language use as legal evidence and in court proceedings. Consideration of oral, written, and multimodal linguistic evidence in a variety of forensic contexts including authorship profiling, asylum seeking, plagiarism, police interviews, etc. Application of selected data analysis methods to real-world forensic linguistic data.

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of instructor.
  • Lectures three hours per week

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