First call for papers: 9th Biennial IAFL Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law July 6-9, 2009

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: FORENSIC-LINGUISTICS at jiscmail.ac.uk



Apologies for cross-postings.





Dear all,



The Department of Language and Communication at VU University
Amsterdam<http://www.vu.nl/>would like to invite papers for the 9th
Biennial
IAFL <http://www.iafl.org/> Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and
Law.





Date: July 6-9, 2009

Call deadline: November 14, 2008

Location: VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Conference URL: http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/

Contact Email: iafl09 at let.vu.nl





We invite* individual papers and posters* that deal with all aspects of
forensic linguistics/language and law, including but not limited to topics
such as:

   - courtroom interaction
   - police interviews
   - courtroom interpreting and translating
   - the readability/comprehensibility of legal documents
   - the analysis/interpretation of legal texts
   - the communicative challenges of 'vulnerable' witnesses
   - language minorities and the legal system
   - the use of linguistic evidence in court
   - authorship/speaker identification
   - the teaching/testing of forensic linguistics/language and law



Presentations will be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions and
discussion.

Abstracts should be 300-350 words and can be submitted electronically at the
conference website

http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/callforpapers.html



We also invite proposals for* thematic sessions *which are scheduled for
2-hour blocks. Organizers may organize as they choose, but time should be
allocated for presentations, discussion and audience response. Proposals
with an indication of participants and a brief description of their
contributions may be submitted electronically at the conference website:
http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/callforpapers.html





Important dates:

November 14, 2008:   Abstracts are due

January, 2009:            Notification of acceptance of papers.


We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Organizing Committee: Martha Komter, Joyce Lamerichs, Esther Pascual, Keun
Young Sliedrecht, Petra Sneijder, Olga Steenhoek-Kolbasina, Tessa van
Charldorp, Fleur van der Houwen.



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