COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FORENSIC LINGUISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4060 FORENSIC LINGUISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this lecture programme is to enable students to scrutinise and apply skills on oral as well as written texts such as speaker identification, speaker recognition, author attribution, author verification, author profiling and similarity detection (i.e. plagiarism detection) subject to criminal investigation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To define fundemental concepts in forensic linguistics
2   2. To investigate oral and written text types subject to criminal investigation
3   3. To scrutnise the legal and linguistic role of language as a system as a means to deliver evidence
4   4. To research and apply knowledge in areas related to law and linguistics
5   5. To research and evaluate oral and written texts in terms of gathering and delivering evidence legal investigation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Forensic Linguistics History of Forensic Linguistics Plagiarism Detection
2 Case Studies in the Subdisciplines of Forensic Linguistics Language Veracity
3 1. Forensic Phonology: Voice and Speech Analysis Forensic Linguistic Software
4 Speaker Attribution
5 Speaker Verification
6 Speaker Identification
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 2. Forensic Text Analysis: Author Attribution
9 Author Verification
10 Author Identification

Recomended or Required Reading

Coulthard, Malcolm & Johnson, Alison (2007) An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics. London & New York: Routledge
McMenamin, Gerard R. (2002). Forensic Linguistics. Advances in Forensic Stylistics. Florida: CRC Press
Olsson, John (2008). Forensic Linguistics. London: Continuum International Publishing Group

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Case solving
3. Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

40% Mid-term
60% End-of-term exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.karaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Final Exam 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 15 15
Mid-term 1 20 20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.4555
LO.55555

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