COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AS EVIDENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5103 LANGUAGE AS EVIDENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to enable students to practice their knowledge in linguistics by applying relevant linguistic theories, principles and methods to criminal cases, in particular in the field of investigative forensic linguistics, as well as experience in collecting and analysing forensic linguistic data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. to become aware of linguistic choices and structures in forensic linguistic context,
2   2. to analyse linguistic data in forensic context,
3   3. to provide evidence as a linguist for the police and the courts,
4   4. to write reports for the courts,
5   5. to present a textual forensic linguistics assignment in form of an essay/presentation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The work of the forensic linguist Morphological meaning and phonetic similarity Syntactic complexity in a letter
2 Lexico-grammatical ambiguity Lexical meaning
3 Pragmatic meaning The recording of interaction in written form - police interview notes
4 Narrative analysis of a disputed statement The challenges for non-native speakers
5 The work of the forensic phonetician and the document examiner The work of the forensic phonetician Transcription
6 Speaker profiling Speaker identification by professionals
7 Voice line-ups and naïve speaker recognition The work of the document analyst
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Idiolect and uniqueness of encoding Early interest in authorship attribution Cusum
10 Specific analyses A case report
11 On textual borrowing The history of plagiarism Universities and plagiarism
12 Do people repeat themselves The evidential value of single identical strings Coda
13 The linguist as expert witness On being an expert witness Expressing opinions
14 Admissible evidence Consulting and testifying as tour guides

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Coulthard, Malcolm & Johnson, Alison (2007) An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics Language in Evidence. London & New York: Routledge.
2. Coulthard, Malcolm & Johnson, Alison (2010) The Roultledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics. London & New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
3. Gibbons, John & Turell, M. Teresa (2008) Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics. AILA Applied Linguistics Series. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
4. Olsson, John (2008) Forensic Linguistics Second Edition. London & New York: Continuum International Publishing Group
5. Tiersma, Peter M. & Solan, Lawrence M. (2005) Speaking of Crime The Language of Criminal Justice. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Assignments/Presentations Portfolio
2. Lectures
3. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1- Assignments/Presentations Portfolio
2 - Mid-term Exam
3- Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated through assignments/presentations portfolio, mid-term and final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Class attendance of 70% is obligatory.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Individual homework preperation (CBIKO Talent Gate) 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 28 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555

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