LJP - 1,1 - IAFL Conference Schedule

Tenative Schedule for the I.A.F.L Conference

University of New England, Armidale NSW 9-12 July 1995

This page contains the tentative program outline for the second conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, which is to be held 9-12 July 1995, at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

Registration for the conference closes on 12 June, and registration forms can be obtained from Diana Eades

Any queries about registration, accommodation etc should be directed to Phil Johnston at New England Conference Management, fax 61 67 711713

Tentative program outline as of 12 May 95

[Subject to change.]

registrations due by 12 June
order of papers within each session is not finalized although papers are grouped under thematic headings, some papers address more than one of these themes
Legal practitioners in NSW may wish to include their participation in this conference as part of their Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.

Sunday, 9 July, 7pm

Vice Chancellor's official welcome and reception

Monday morning 10 July 9am - 1pm

Keynote address (speaker and title to be confirmed)

COURTROOM LANGUAGE

Yon Maley and Chris Candlin, Macquarie University
Questions in Court: What can the Expert Witness Expect?
Cliff Goddard, University of New England
How do judges know what they mean (and can linguists help them)?

FORENSIC LINGUISTICS GENERAL

Weiping Wu, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington
Language and Law: A Data approach to Linguistics Issues in the Legal Field
Diana Eades, University of New England
Reactions of the legal profession to forensic linguistics in Australia

Monday afternoon 2pm - 6pm

TRANSCRIPTS:

Michael Walsh, University of Sydney
Transcripts and Traditions: Problems in Recording Land Claim Proceedings in Northern Australia
Bruce Rigsby, University of Queensland
Aboriginal evidence and the transcript in two Queensland land claims
Kate Storey, Monash University
The history of a transcript

UNDERSTANDING LEGAL LANGUAGE

James Stratman and Patricia Dahl, University of Colorado at Denver
Readers' Understanding of Temporary Restraining Orders enforced in Domestic Violence Cases: an Empirical Study
Bethany Dumas, University of Tennessee
Linguistic Ambiguity in Non-Statutory Language: Problems in "The Search Warrant in the Matter of 7505 Derris Drive"
Neil McCleod, Murdoch University
Psycho-Linguistic Analysis of Tax Judgements

DISPUTED TEXTS

Sue Blackwell, University Of Birmingham
Taking a Closer Look at 'look': Discourse Markers in Disputed Texts
Hannes Kniffka, University of Bonn
Forensic Linguistic Author Identification: Limits and Chances
Malcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham
On linguistic fingerprinting
Marie-Therese Jensen, Monash University
[On the limitations of analysis of NESB confessions; Title TBA]

Monday evening

7.30pm Conference Dinner

Tuesday 11 July 9am 1.30pm

HATE SPEECH

Hugh Potter and Mee Wun Lee, University of New England
Speech and action outside the court: Can forensic linguistics be applied to issues of hate speech?

UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING LANGUAGE IN LEGAL SETTINGS

Michael Cooke, Batchelor College
A different story: Comparing Aboriginal testimony given in narrative versus question/answer form
John Gibbons, University of Sydney
Evidence of Miscommunication between Police and Second Language Speakers during Police Interrogation
John Favretto, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, NSW
[On interpreting issues; title TBA]
Muhammad Gamal, University of Queensland
Vox et pritorai nihil: The high cost of linguistic injuctice
Jeff Siegel, University of New England
Translating Legal Terminolgy into a Pidgin Language
Mami Okawara, Takasaki City University of Economics
The Amish and the Criminal Courts: the Samuel D Hochstetler Case
Mark Brennan, Charles Sturt University
Speaking pragmatically: Police and the communicative needs of people with an intellectual disability

Tuesday afternoon

2pm Excursion to Dangar's Gorge

Tuesday evening

7.30 - 9.30 Forum on Interpreters in the Legal System

Wednesday 12 July 8.30am - 12.30 pm

FORENSIC PHONETICS AND SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION

Helen Fraser, University of New England
Auditory recognition of known and unknown voices
John Hajek, University of Melbourne
Starting small in forensic phonetics: a first case report
Ann Laubstein, Carleton University
Building Voice Lineups: Problems
Terry Hillcoat, University of New England
Investigating parameters for forensic speaker identification
John Ingram, University of Queensland
Telephone transmission line effects on formant and f0 extraction for forensic speaker identification.
Phil Rose, Australian National University
Between- and within-speaker variance in acoustic parameters of similar voices.

Wednesday afternoon

1:30 - 3:30 Forum on Forensic Phonetics and Speaker Identification

3:50 Annual General Meeting

5:30 Official Close

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