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