Course Details in 2026/27 Session

Module Title	LH Authorship Analysis
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Eng Lang and Linguistics
Module Code	09 30672
Module Lead	Jack Grieve
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	Cases of disputed authorship are common in a wide variety of contexts – from famous literary and historical mysteries, to forensic investigations into murder and terrorism, to current scandals involving politicians and entertainers. Although these problems are usually solved through the analysis of external evidence, the texts themselves can provide important clues of authorship. In this module, we will learn about linguistic approaches to the analysis of disputed authorship, including the application of methods borrowed from stylistics, discourse analysis, and corpus linguistics. Students will have a chance to work with data from real cases and will be required to complete an authorship analysis research project of their own design.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the history and context of linguistic approaches to authorship analysis demonstrate an understanding of the differences between various types of authorship analysis problems apply a range of qualitative and quantitative methods for authorship analysis design and conduct an authorship analysis research project of their own design
Assessment	30672-01 : Assignment : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 4,000 word assignment (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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