Introduction
As an appliable linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) ‘has been a source of insight in forensic work’. It can work in two contexts: ‘enabling’ contexts of a regulating kind—laws and acts of parliament, constitutions, legally binding agreements and the like; and ‘reporting’ contexts—police interrogations, statements in evidence, cross-examinations in trials, and so on. (Matthiessen 2009: 40)
The Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University is privileged to host the International Conference on Appliable Linguistics and Legal Discourse from 14 to 18 December, 2016.
Call for paper
Submission Topics
The conference will consist of five days of plenary speeches and parallel sessions exploring the following topics.
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Analysing the use of language by parties in the court (judges, lawyers, prosecutors and defendants, etc.)
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Identifying the speaker or author of legal evidence (audios, videos, letters, notes, etc.)
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Investigating statements either oral or written for courtroom use
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Examining the genuineness of texts and auditory materials (plagiarism cases, genuine vs. fake notes, doctored sound/video recordings in suicidal or terrorism cases, etc.)
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Interpreting and translating legal discourses/texts
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Other related topics
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Important Date
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Conference Date
Dec 14
2016
toDec 18
2016
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Dec 18 2016
Registration deadline
Contact Information
- Wang Pin
- ma******@163.com
- 86-********
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