This course introduces Linguistics and Forensic Linguistics to interested parties outside of academia. 

Forensic linguistics is the application of Linguistics, the science that studies human language, to forensic problems. 

Civil or criminal cases sometimes include language evidence, such as a disputed email or text message, or the meaning of a word or phrase, or the modality of production of a document. Drawing on what we know about how human language works, linguists can provide expert witness evidence that can help the investigators or the triers of fact. 

This course will introduce the student to core concepts of the field of Linguistics and apply this knowledge using real case examples.