28.271, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics/Portugal

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Subject: 28.271, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics/Portugal

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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:28:05
From: Rui Sousa-Silva [r.sousasilva at llf.pt]
Subject: 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists

Full Title: 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists 
Short Title: IAFL Porto 2012 

Date: 10-Jul-2017 - 14-Jul-2017
Location: Porto, Portugal 
Contact Person: Rui Sousa-Silva
Meeting Email: iaflporto2017 at letras.up.pt
Web Site: http://web.letras.up.pt/IAFLPorto2017 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 24-Jan-2017 

Meeting Description:

The University of Porto, in Portugal, will host the 13th Biennial Conference
of the International Association of Forensic Linguists on the theme of New
Challenges for Forensic Linguists. The conference, which is organised jointly
by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law, aims to engage the participants
in the debate of the new challenges for Forensic Linguists and Forensic
Linguistics, and will be held from 10 to 13 July 2017.

Official language: English, with the exception of the special track (in
Portuguese).

Organized by: Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Law, University of
Porto

Organising Committee: 

Rui Sousa-Silva (Chair)
Belinda Maia (Honorary Chair)
Rita Faria
Silvana Mota Ribeiro
Jorge Teixeira
Rui Effe
Joana Forbes
Milaydis Sosa

Final Call for Papers: 

The deadline for submissions has been extended to January 24.

We invite abstract submissions for papers, posters or colloquia, in English or
in Portuguese, dealing with forensic linguistics/language and the law
including, but not limited to:

- Legal Languages
- Legal Discourse
- Language minorities and the legal system
- Law on language
- Linguistic evidence and investigative linguistics
- Other Related Sub-Themes (Computational Forensic Linguistics; Cybercrime;
Online identities and interactive multimodal communication; Multimodal
approaches to forensic linguistics; Intercultural mediation; Comparative law).

Individual papers are invited for presentations of 20 minutes, with a further
10 minutes for questions. Abstracts of no more than 300 words, including
references, should be sent via the submissions page
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iaflporto2017) by 24 January 2017.
Please do not include your name, affiliation and email address in the abstract
itself. 

Posters: 

Proposals of no more than 300 words, including references, should be sent via
the submissions page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iaflporto2017)
by 24 January 2017. Posters, which will be on display during the conference,
should be of A0 size (841mm x 1189mm) in portrait orientation. 

Colloquia: 

Proposals are invited on particular topics related to forensic
linguistics/language and the law. Each colloquium should include several
independent papers and a joint discussion. Although 15 minutes per paper is
recommended, with 5 minutes per paper for discussion, the colloquium
organiser(s) will decide on the allocation of this time between the
introduction, the individual paper presentations and the discussion. Colloquia
proposals should be submitted by the colloquia organiser(s) and include an
abstract of no more than 750 words describing the overall colloquium, the
names of the individual contributors and the titles of the presentations, as
well as the name of the discussant. Submitted proposals should also indicate
the expected duration of the colloquium (1, 1.5 or 2 hours). Upon notification
of acceptance, the colloquium organiser(s) will be asked to submit all
individual abstracts (of no more than 300 words) by the end of March 2017 to
be included in the conference programme. 

Notifications of acceptance: by 15 February 2017.

Contact: IAFLPorto2017 at letras.up.pt
Website: http://web.letras.up.pt/IAFLPorto2017
IAFL: http://iafl.org

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