30.1538, Calls: Forensic Linguistics/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1538. Mon Apr 08 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1538, Calls: Forensic Linguistics/USA

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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 04:07:30
From: Elly van Gelderen [ellyvangelderen at asu.edu]
Subject: First Forensic Linguistics Conference at Arizona State University

 
Full Title: First Forensic Linguistics Conference at Arizona State University 

Date: 04-Oct-2019 - 05-Oct-2019
Location: Tempe, AZ, USA 
Contact Person: Elizabeth Martinez
Meeting Email: ASUForensicLinguistics at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Forensic Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 27-May-2019 

Meeting Description:

The first Forensic Linguistics Conference at Arizona State University will be
held on October 4&5, 2019, at the Tempe, Arizona, campus. The English
department, which houses the Linguistics program, will host the conference. 

Forensic linguistics is a broad field in which language meets the law. We
invite attendance and participation by anyone with an interest in any area of
forensic linguistics, including but not limited to legal language, legal
processes, linguistic evidence, author/speaker identification, forensic
stylistics, linguistic dialectology, forensic phonetics, trademark issues,
authorship and plagiarism.


Call for Papers:

The first Forensic Linguistics Conference at Arizona State University will be
held on October 4&5, 2019, at the Tempe, Arizona, campus. The English
department, which houses the Linguistics program, will host the conference. 

Forensic linguistics is a broad field in which language meets the law. We
invite attendance and participation by anyone with an interest in any area of
forensic linguistics, including but not limited to legal language, legal
processes, linguistic evidence, author/speaker identification, forensic
stylistics, linguistic dialectology, forensic phonetics, trademark issues,
authorship and plagiarism.

Who?    
The keynote speaker is Professor Philip Gaines of Montana State University,
whose areas of specialization in forensic linguistics include police
interrogation, false confessions and trial attorney discourse. On Friday, the
keynote speaker will give an interview and interrogation workshop. A workshop
on authorship analysis will follow, to be given by Elly van Gelderen.

Students and professionals are invited to save the date to attend the
conference and to submit a proposal to give an oral presentation at the
conference.    

When?    
The conference will be held Friday, October 4, and Saturday, October 5, 2019.
Two workshops will be held on Friday afternoon; conference presentations and
keynote speaker are on Saturday.

The deadlines for proposals are the following:

- Early-bird: By 11:59pm, Monday May 27, 2019. Early-bird proposals will be
given first consideration. Those who need to make travel arrangements to
attend the conference are encouraged to submit early so they will know as soon
as possible whether their proposal has been accepted.
- Regular deadline: By 11:59pm, Monday, August 15, 2019.

What?
Proposals for conference presentations are welcome from professionals as well
as students.    

Presentation details:

- Timeslots will be 30 minutes (25 minutes to present plus 5 minutes for
question-and-answer). 
- Presentations will be given on Saturday, October 5.
- Audio-visual equipment and Internet access is available for presentations.
- The topic is flexible, as long as it belongs in the category of forensic
linguistics. Miranda warnings, the police caution, jury instructions, 911
calls, trademark infringement, interview and interrogation issues, the speech
of asylum-seekers, ransom notes, stalker communications, suicide notes, threat
texts, plagiarism – these are a few of the potential areas for presentations.

How?  
Proposals should include the following:

- A title (20 words maximum)
- A description of what the presentation will cover (200 words maximum)

Submit proposals via e-mail to ASUForensicLinguistics at gmail.com. PDFs are
appreciated.




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