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Online Forensic Linguistics Course

LSE Study

Summary

Price
£17 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
Self-paced
Qualification
Level 3 Diploma in Forensics

Overview

Use this course to uncover the meaning of forensic linguistics and the value it delivers in the legal field. Also understand how forensic linguistics is used to understand and interpret evidence, analyse courtroom discourse, attribute authors, and comprehend legal documents.

Description

When it comes to communication, language is the primary tool people use. Not only is it a vehicle that lets us express our thoughts and ideas and interact and forge relationships with others, it is also what gives a society its identity. In the legal field, language is integral to understanding and conveying evidence, law enforcement, and other judicial matters. The study of language and its use in the context of law is referred to as forensic linguistics.

Forensic linguistics taps into the knowledge and expertise of linguists to make sense of legal puzzles that involve written texts, spoken language, discrepancies in police reports, linguistic differences in testimonies, and authorship attribution, among others. You can further your understanding of this legal discipline with the help of this course.

This Online Forensic Linguistics course will build your understanding of linguistics and its application in the legal field. It will provide a definition of forensic linguistics and identify the role it plays on the presentation of expert evidence. It will also tackle essential concepts that include authorship studies, variation, comparison and profiling, language statement analysis, and forensic phonetics.

Course Units

Unit 1: Defining Forensic Linguistics and Its Role in the Presentation of Expert Evidence

Unit 2: How Authorship Studies Influence Forensic Linguistic

Unit 3: Acquisition and Use of Language Among Individuals

Unit 4: Various Forms of Author Variation

Unit 5: Understanding Authorship Comparison

Unit 6: Tackling Court Evidence and Non-Authorship Cases

Unit 7: Principles Underpinning Statement Analysis

Unit 8: Identification of Forensic Text Types and the Process of Authorship Profiling

Unit 9: Information on Forensic Phonetics

Unit 10: Delving Deeper Into Forensic Phonetics

Expected Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Make sense of forensic linguistics and understand why it is valuable in the legal field and how it is used.
  • Know how authorship influences forensic linguistics and impacts courtroom judgements.
  • Understand how authorship is compared and profiled.
  • Gain grounding on forensic phonetics, understanding what it is and how it is used in the legal field.

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