Hi Emily,
As a language and law enthusiast, it's always great to hear about new teaching in this area!
There is so much great work in this area, so it's hard to narrow it down. Tanya's suggestions are all fantastic places to start. Here are a few more:
There is an ongoing Cambridge Elements series (short-ish books) on Forensic Linguistics (in the broader sense): https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/elements/forensic-linguistics
There is an ongoing books series, Oxford Studies in Language and Law https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/o/oxford-studies-in-language-and-law-oxsll/
I really enjoyed the edited book Legal Lay Communication: Textual Travels in the Law (2013, eds: Chris Heffer, Frances Rock, John Conley) https://academic.oup.com/book/12048
For something different, my colleagues and I regularly share our work in this area in short and accessible posts, videos and podcasts, via the research blog Language on the Move https://www.languageonthemove.com/category/language-and-law/
Finally, a colleague and I run a Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers' Network which has its own mailing list. You may wish to ask members there about the resources they use when teaching language and law (I know there are at least a few who do) https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/law_linguistics_network
Best of luck with the course!
Laura
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Hi Emily,
How exciting that you will both have English undergrads and students taking a certificate in legal studies for this course! They can really bring each other fruitful additional perspectives on issues.
With the caveat that the latter group may not be as well-versed in linguistics terminology and theory as is preferable for this textbook, I would recommend Coulthard, Johnson and Wright's "An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence". It comes in both paperback and as an e-book so is easy for your students to get (and perhaps you can get your school library to subscribe to the e-book?). https://www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Forensic-Linguistics-Language-in-Evidence/Coulthard-Johnson-Wright/p/book/9781138641716
It covers most of the topics you outline, as well as authorship analysis, which is the most frequently task type for FL expert witnesses.
For more specific readings, you can check out the Routledge Handbook in Forensic Linguistics https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Forensic-Linguistics/Coulthard-May-Sousa-Silva/p/book/9780367531225 and also browse the three international journals listed below (two unfortunately very similarly named):
- The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on any aspect of forensic language, speech and audio analysis. https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IJSLL
- Language and Law / Linguagem e Direito is a free, exclusively online double blind peer-reviewed journal published twice a year. It is available on the website of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, at http://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/LLLD/ .
- International Journal of Language & Law (JLL) is a platinum open access e-journal which offers a scholarly forum for research on the interdependence of language and law, from theoretical approaches to practical problems. http://www.languageandlaw.eu/jll
I'm sure you're aware of the terminological discussions in the filed regarding the breadth of the term "forensic linguistics" - in some regions, it is used as widely as you suggest (and as the title of Coulthard et al. show), in others it is limited to the sub-field 'language as evidence'. If nothing else, it is useful for students to be aware of this discussion.
Good luck on your course!
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Hello teachling,
I'm preparing to teach a new course called "Language and Law" and I'm looking for recommendations for course readings and/or a textbook. This course is an intro course for undergraduate students and is part of the English program as well as a certificate in legal studies. Below you'll find the course description.
*An introduction to forensic linguistics, this course examines the relationship between law and language including legal language, courtroom discourses, language policies, rights of minoritized language speakers, legal interpreting, the role of the linguist as expert witness, and language variation in legal settings. *
Any suggestions would be welcome! Thanks so much for your help, -Emily Emily Feuerherm [image: A button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature] <https://www.name-coach.com/emily-feuerherm> <https://www.name-coach.com/emily-feuerherm;>
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