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International Association
of Forensic Linguists
8th Biennial Conference on Forensic
Linguistics/Language and Law
12th-15thJuly
2007
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
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Plenary Speakers
Professor Malcolm Coulthard (speaker bio)
Professor of Forensic Linguistics and Director of Research, Aston University
Founding President of the International Association
of Forensic Linguists
Professor Coulthard is the author or editor of a variety of books, including Discourse and Social Life, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis,and Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis, with Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard. He has published widely in articles on forensic lingustics, including recent articles such as "Author Identification, Ideolect, and Linguistic Uniqueness," appearing in the December, 2004, issue of Applied Linguistics and "The Linguist as Expert Witness," appearing in the 2004 volume of Linguagem em (Dis)curso. The founding editor of Forensic Linguistics, he has served extensively as a linguistic expert in legal settings.
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Professor Janet Ainsworth
(speaker bio)
Professor of Law, Seattle University, School
of Law Professor Ainsworth writes on criminal law, procedure, juveniles, and criminal trial practice. Her articles and chapters on police interrogations, a topic of special interest in forensic linguistics, include a chapter (originally published in the Yale Law Journal), "In a Different Register: The Pragmatics of Powerlessness in Police Interrogation" in Richard Leo et al (eds.)The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice and Crime Control. She also frequently reviews books on various topics in language and law.
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Special Plenary Panel Honoring the Work of Roger Shuy
In addition to the Plenary Speakers, IAFL 8 will also host a Plenary Panel honoring, extending, and responding to the work of Roger Shuy in forensic linguistics. Panel members will include Ron Butters, Bethany Dumas, Phil Gaines, Hannes Kniffka, Robert Leonard, Larry Solan, Peter Tiersma, Margaret van Naerssen, and Weiping Wu.
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