Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics and Forensic Phonetics 2016

The purpose of the GSFL Roundtable is to provide FL/FP researchers, educators, and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss their work within an interdisciplinary, supportive, and respectful scholarly environment.  Paper and poster abstracts are invited on any aspect of FL/FP research.  Sample (sub)topics include the following:

Forensic Linguistics

• corpus analysis of forensic texts (e.g. confessions, courtroom transcripts, police protocols, suicide letters, threatening letters, hate mail, extortion letters, terrorist threats)
• author identification and verification
• plagiarism and deception detection
• qualitative and quantitative methods for the linguistic analysis of forensic texts
• the language of (violent) offenders and/or victims

Forensic Phonetics

• earwitnesses and lineup procedures
• speaker identification, discrimination, and voice comparison
• perceptual speaker identification
• foreign/second language speaker analysis
• formant measurement, dynamics, and pattern identification
• intra- and interspeaker variation
• automatic speaker recognition
• cross-linguistic voice recognition

Language the Legal Process

• courtroom interpreting and translating
• multilingualism and the legal system
• language minorities and the law
• legal discourse and legal text analysis
• language testing, citizenship, and asylum-seekers
• investigative interviewing and/or interrogative practices
• legal policies on presenting expert testimony and evidence
• deception detection in interviews
• statutory interpretation

Forensic Linguistics/ Forensic Phonetics, and Education

• developing FL/FP programs and curricula
• FL/FP instructional materials (textbooks audiovisual aids, corpora, etc.)
• developing ties with universities and professional organizations
• interdisciplinary challenges and promises
• the future of FL/FP education
• teaching ethical standards in FL/FP research and application

All interested authors are requested to submit a 250-word abstract by June 10, 2016 using this submission form.
All submissions must be in either English or German. After the deadline, all abstracts will be submitted to blind review.

To encourage continuing interest in and awareness of FL/FP, students are also warmly welcomed to attend a special Emerging Scholar Day.  During this event, undergraduate and graduate students will have an opportunity to present their work and receive constructive feedback from peers and scholars in the field.