Nordic Forensic Linguistics Symposium

The network 'Forensic Linguistics in Denmark and the US' funded by the International Network Program marks the completion of the grant period by hosting a symposium.

Program

Friday 9 Dec

9.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.15 Welcome

10.15-11.00 G. Byrman: Transmediated Narrations in Crime Trials

11.00-11.45 J. Waage: Lawyers are from Mars, linguists are from Venus

11.45-12.30 B. Jacobsen: The powerful role of interpreters

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.15 E. Lindroos: Legal Linguistics as an academic discipline. Lessons learned and future considerations

14.15-15.00 T. Salmi-Tolonen: Cyberspace. Challenges to Forensic Linguistic Analyses

15.00-15.15 Coffee

15.15-16.00 M. Hjortshøj Sørensen: The perfect imperfect speaker

16.00-16.45 M. Riis-Johansen: Investigative interviews of adult witnesses. Communicative mentality and balancing acts

16.45-17.00 Coffee

17.00-17.45 P. Bréton + C. Kier: Royal Canadian Mounted Police best practices. Truth seeking vs. Confession driven interviews

17.45-18.30 L. Solan: Using Corpus Analysis to find the Ordinary Meaning of Legal Terms

Saturday 10 Dec

9.00-9.45 F. van der Houwen: The role of the indictment, the right to silence and ’paper voices’ in Dutch criminal court

9.45-10.30 L.V. Johansen: Between Law and Common Sense: How Danish Mixed Courts Deliberate

10.30-10.45 Coffee

10.45-11.30 J. Engberg: How Linguistics may support statutory interpretation

11.30-12.15 T.A. Gales: (De-)Constructing Victim Credibility and Consent in Cases of Sexual Assault: An Analysis of Evaluative Language within the U.S. Legal Process

12.15-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.15 Y. Byrman: What is the best way to document investigative interviews? A study of Swedish regulations and practice

14.15-15.00 A.L. Kjær: Language Issues in Trade Mark Cases

15.00-15.45 R.A. Leonard: Authorship of texting evidence in a murder case in Waco, Texas

15.45-16.00 Coffee and goodbye