CRJ 7320 - Authorial Attrib Spkr Ident

Credit Hours: 3

Every individual has his or her own unique way of communicating. This is known as a person’s idiolect, that is, the distinctive features found within an individual speaker’s and/or writer’s language system. These features can assist in identifying the author of one or more anonymous questioned communications when compared with known communications of other suspected authors. This course will examine the basic concepts, methodologies, and practices in which authorial attribution and speaker identification is used to help identify the author of one or more specific anonymous communications. Multiple real-case examples will be utilized in this course to prepare the student for these applications.