36.657, FYI: Decision-making by speakers of English as a second language: insights from the criminal justice system - Inaugural Le Page lecture, Aneta Pavlenko, University of York; April 2nd 2025, 4-5pm (UK time)

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Subject: 36.657, FYI: Decision-making by speakers of English as a second language: insights from the criminal justice system - Inaugural Le Page lecture, Aneta Pavlenko, University of York; April 2nd 2025, 4-5pm (UK time)

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Date: 20-Feb-2025
From: Monika S. Schmid [monika.schmid at york.ac.uk]
Subject: Decision-making by speakers of English as a second language: insights from the criminal justice system - Inaugural Le Page lecture, Aneta Pavlenko, University of York; April 2nd 2025, 4-5pm (UK time)

This event inaugurates the Annual Le Page Lecture, hosted by the
Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of
York, in honour of our founding professor, the eminent linguist and
creolist Robert Le Page (1920-2006). The first speaker is Dr. Aneta
Pavlenko, who is currently a visiting scholar in our department. The
lecture is free to attend in person or through livestream (sign-up
information below).
Abstract:
In the past decade, applied linguists and sociolinguists have
displayed increased concerns about linguistic injustice, a term that
refers to inequalities faced by speakers of English as a second
language (L2) in the criminal justice system and to factors
constraining their ability to make informed decisions (Angermeyer,
2015; Berk-Seligson, 2016; Filipović, 2022; Keaton, 2020; Pavlenko,
2023; Pavlenko et al., 2019). At the same time, psycholinguistics has
witnessed an explosion of studies of decision-making which show that
bilinguals make more rational choices in their L2, a finding dubbed
the foreign language effect (Costa et al., 2014; Del Maschio, 2022a,
b; Keysar et al., 2012; Pavlenko, 2017; Purpuri et al., 2024;
Stankovich et al., 2022).
In this talk, I will draw on my research in the criminal justice
system in the USA and the UK to highlight practical and theoretical
complexities of determining what constitutes ‘linguistic justice’ and
‘rational decision-making’ at three sites: (a) a police interrogation
room, where an L2 speaker has to decide whether to talk to the police,
(b) the courtroom, where an L2 speaker may appear with or without an
interpreter, and (c) the prison, where L2 speakers don’t always know
who to trust and how to express themselves. Then I will use these
insights to interrogate the state of affairs in academia: Can we speak
to each other across the disciplinary boundaries? Do we know how to
speak to the stakeholders in the outside world? Most importantly,
where are the gaps in our research and how can the new generation of
researchers fill these gaps?
Biography:
Dr. Aneta Pavlenko grew up in the USSR and received her Ph.D. in
Linguistics at Cornell University in the United States. She has held
positions at Temple University in Philadelphia and the University of
Oslo and is currently a visiting professor in the Department of
Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York, alongside
her freelance work on forensic linguistics, multilingualism, and human
rights. She has conducted groundbreaking work on the links between
multilingualism, cognition, emotion, and identity; and, more recently,
on the implications of multilingualism for the legal system.
Information about the event:
The lecture will take place at the University of York, Campus West,
Department of Biology B/B/006 Heslington YO10 5DD on April 2nd, 2025,
4-5pm (UK time). This is a hybrid lecture with attendance either
in-person or through the live stream. Details on how to view the
livestream will be sent to registered attendants prior to the lecture.
Get your free tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/le-page-lecture-2025-tickets-1227995310029

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Forensic Linguistics

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