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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Department of Language and Communication at <a href="http://www.vu.nl/" target="_blank">VU University Amsterdam</a> would like to invite papers for the 9th Biennial <a href="http://www.iafl.org/" target="_blank">IAFL</a> Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Date: July 6-9, 2009 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Call deadline: November 14, 2008</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Location: VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Conference URL: <a href="http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/" target="_blank">http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/</a></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Contact Email: <a href="mailto:iafl09@let.vu.nl" target="_blank">iafl09@let.vu.nl</a></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We invite<b> individual papers and posters</b> that deal with all aspects of forensic linguistics/language and law, including but not limited to topics such as:</span></p>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">courtroom interaction</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">police interviews</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">courtroom interpreting and translating </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the readability/comprehensibility of legal documents </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the analysis/interpretation of legal texts</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the communicative challenges of 'vulnerable' witnesses</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">language minorities and the legal system</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the use of linguistic evidence in court </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">authorship/speaker identification </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the teaching/testing of forensic linguistics/language and law</span></li></ul>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Presentations will be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions and discussion.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Abstracts should be 300-350 words and can be submitted electronically at the conference website </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><a href="http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/callforpapers.html" target="_blank">http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/callforpapers.html</a></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We also invite proposals for<b> thematic sessions </b>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: <a href="http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/callforpapers.html" target="_blank">http://iafl09.let.vu.nl/callforpapers.html</a></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Important dates:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">November 14, 2008: Abstracts are due </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">January, 2009: Notification of acceptance of papers. <br><br><br></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We look forward to seeing you at the conference!</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Organizing Committee: Martha Komter, Joyce Lamerichs, Esther Pascual, Keun Young Sliedrecht, Petra Sneijder, Olga Steenhoek-Kolbasina, Tessa van Charldorp, Fleur van der Houwen.</span></p>
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