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Forensic Linguistics: Linguistic Evidence and the Law, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued from 2025-05-08

Swedish name: Rättslingvistik: Språkliga bevis i rättsprocessen
This syllabus is valid: 2016-08-29 and until further notice
Course code: 1LI069
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Linguistics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
English: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
French: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Scandinavian Languages: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Spanish: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
German: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Cognitive Science: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Language Studies
Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2016-06-30

Required Knowledge

Univ: Degree of Bachelor of Arts alternatively at least 90 ECTS with academic progression (including level 61–90 hp in the Swedish academic system) in one academic subject within the fields of language and linguistics, social sciences or behavioural sciences, or equivalent knowledge. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary course English 6/English Course B.

Literature

Language and law : a resource book for students
Durant Alan, Leung Janny
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge : 2016. : xvi, 241 pages :
ISBN: 9781138025578
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An introduction to forensic linguistics : language in evidence
Coulthard Malcolm, Johnson Alison
London : Routledge : 2007 : x, 237 p. :
ISBN: 0-415-32023-2 (pbk.) : £16.99
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The Routledge handbook of forensic linguistics
Coulthard Malcolm, Johnson Alison
1st ed. : New York, N.Y. : Routledge : 2010 : xxvii, 673 s. :
ISBN: 9780415463096
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Cotterill Janet
Language in the Legal Process
ISBN 978403933881 : 2002 :

An introduction to forensic linguistics : language in evidence
Coulthard Malcolm, Johnson Alison
London : Routledge : 2007 : x, 237 p. :
ISBN: 0-415-32023-2 (pbk.) : £16.99
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

The Routledge handbook of forensic linguistics
Coulthard Malcolm, Johnson Alison
1st ed. : New York, N.Y. : Routledge : 2010 : xxvii, 673 s. :
ISBN: 9780415463096
Search the University Library catalogue

Cotterill Janet
Language in the Legal Process
ISBN 978403933881 : 2002 :