Nordic Forensic Linguistics Symposium

The network 'Forensic Linguistics in Denmark and the US' funded by the International Network Program marks the completion of the grant period by hosting a symposium.

Programme

Friday 9 Dec


09:30 - 10:00  Registration

10:00 - 10:15  Welcome

10:15 - 11:00  Transmediated Narrations in Crime Trials
                         G. Byrman

11:00 - 11:45  Lawyers are from Mars, linguists are from Venus
                         J. Waage

11:45 - 12:30  The powerful role of interpreters
                         B. Jacobsen

12:30 - 13:30  Lunch

13:30 - 14:15  Legal Linguistics as an academic discipline. Lessons learned and future
                         considerations
                         E. Lindroos

14:15 - 15:00  Cyberspace. Challenges to Forensic Linguistic Analyses
                         T. Salmi-Tolonen

15:00 - 15:15  Coffee

15:15 - 16.00  The perfect imperfect speaker
                         M. Hjortshøj Sørensen

16:00 - 16:45  Investigative interviews of adult witnesses. Communicative mentality and
                         balancing acts
                         M. Riis-Johansen

16:45 - 17:00  Coffee

17:00 - 17:45  Royal Canadian Mounted Police best practices. Truth seeking vs.
                         Confession driven interviews
                         P. Bréton + C. Kier

17:45 - 18:30  Using Corpus Analysis to find the Ordinary Meaning of Legal Terms
                         L. Solan

Saturday 10 Dec


09:00 - 09:45   The role of the indictment, the right to silence and ’paper voices’ in Dutch
                          criminal court
                          F. van der Houwen

09:45 - 10:30  Between Law and Common Sense: How Danish Mixed Courts Deliberate
                         L.V. Johansen

10:30 - 10:45  Coffee

10:45 - 11:30  How Linguistics may support statutory interpretation
                         J. Engberg

11:30 - 12:15  (De-)Constructing Victim Credibility and Consent in Cases of Sexual
                         Assault: An Analysis of Evaluative Language within the U.S. Legal
                         Process
                         T.A. Gales

12:15 - 13:30  Lunch

13:30 - 14:15  What is the best way to document investigative interviews?
                         A study of Swedish regulations and practice
                         Y. Byrman

14:15 - 15.00  Language Issues in Trade Mark Cases
                         A.L. Kjær

15:00 - 15:45  Authorship of texting evidence in a murder case in Waco, Texas
                         R.A. Leonard

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee and goodbye