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<span style="font-family: Arial; ">***CALL FOR PARTICIPATION***</span><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">3rd European Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists on the theme of
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Forensic Linguistics: Bridging the Gap(s) between Language and the Law
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Registration is now open for the 3rd European Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists on the theme of Forensic Linguistics: Bridging the Gap(s) between Language and the Law. The conference, which is organised jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), aims to bridge the gap(s) between language and the law by sharing the latest research in the field of forensic linguistics/language and the law, and will be held from 15 to 18 October 2012.
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Early bird registration deadline: 15 September 2012.
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Very high quality PAPERS and POSTERS dealing with forensic linguistics / language and the law will be presented, including but not limited to the following topics:
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Legal Languages
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- The history of legal languages
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- The role of literacy in legal languages
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Legal genres
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Critical approaches to legal languages
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Language education for law professionals
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Legal Discourse
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Courtroom, police and prison discourse
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Investigative interviewing
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Multilingual matters in legal contexts
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Power and the law
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- The comprehensibility of legal documents
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Interviews with vulnerable witnesses in the legal system
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Language minorities and the legal system
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Linguistic disadvantage before the law
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Courtroom interpreting and translation
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Human rights matters
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Law on language
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Language rights
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Offensive language
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- The linguist as expert witness
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Linguistic evidence and investigative linguistics
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Forensic phonetics and speaker identification
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Forensic stylistics
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Linguistic determination of nationality
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Authorship analysis
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Plagiarism
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Trademark disputes
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Consumer product warnings
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Deception and fraud
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Other Related Sub-Themes
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Computational Forensic Linguistics
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Intercultural mediation
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Comparative law
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">- Multimodal approaches to forensic linguistics
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">The conference website <a href="http://www.linguisticaforense.net/">http://www.linguisticaforense.net</a> contains detailed information, including on registration fees, deadlines, travel and accommodation, as well as on the post-conference workshops.
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">To register, click: <a href="http://pattie.fe.up.pt/IAFL_Porto_2012/index.php/IAFL/index/pages/view/registration_static">http://pattie.fe.up.pt/IAFL_Porto_2012/index.php/IAFL/index/pages/view/registration_static</a>
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Official language:
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">The official language of the 3rd European Conference of the IAFL on Forensic Linguistics / Language and the Law is English, with the exception of the special track on Portuguese Forensic Linguistics (in Portuguese).
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Round-tables:
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">(1) Special session on Forensic Linguistics in Portuguese-speaking countries (Official language: Portuguese).
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">(2) Special session to discuss Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpreting and translation in criminal proceedings.
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Post-conference workshops: Two post-conference workshops will be organised on 19 October, with special rates for conference participants. Attendance to the these workshops is limited to 30 participants.
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Scientific committee: Jordi Cicres, Virgínia Colares, Malcolm Coulthard, Diana Eades, Edward Finegan, Tim Grant, Kate Haworth, Krzysztof Kredens, Nicci MacLeod, Belinda Maia, Luís Sarmento, Larry Solan, Rui Sousa-Silva, João Veloso
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Keynote speakers: Virgínia Colares, Malcolm Coulthard, Edward Finegan.
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Location:
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Faculdade de Direito
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Universidade do Porto
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Rua dos Bragas, 223
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">4050-123 Porto, Portugal
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Organized by:
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Faculty of Arts
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Faculty of Law
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Organising Committee: Belinda Maia (co-organiser), Rui Sousa-Silva (co-organiser), Rita Faria (co-organiser), Gustavo Laboreiro, Ana Paula Lopes, Fátima Silva, Jorge Teixeira
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">Contact:
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; ">@ - <a href="mailto:forensic.linguistics@letras.up.pt">forensic.linguistics@letras.up.pt</a>
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