An exciting collaboration began yesterday, 13th March 2013, between CaLL and Cardiff Innocence Project.
Our MA students have begun to examine interview recordings, transcripts and statements in a range of cases which the Innocence Project is currently looking into.
Information on Cardiff Innocence Project is available at: https://www.law.cf.ac.uk/probono/innocence/
For more information, contact Dr Frances Rock
Today we'll be discussing a paper from the International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. The paper has been selected by one of our Visiting Scholars from China, Youan Chuanyou. We will meet in room 3.66 of the John Percival Building at midday. Best wishes Frances
Our reading for this weeks reading group is: 'Reasonable doubt about reasonable doubt: Assessing Jury Instruction Adequacy in a Capital Case'. By Bethany K Dumas. It's Chapter 15 Janet Cotterill's Language in the Legal Process. Our discussion of this chapter will be on Thursday 21st February at 12.10pm. All good wishes Frances
Our third reading group session is already here! At our last meeting, the group was pleased to welcome an New Member - David Williams from Translation. Our third group will focus on the following reading: Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. (2008) 'Vulnerable Witnesses and Problems of Portrayal: A Consideration of Videotaped Police Interviews in Child Rape Cases' Journal of English Linguistics 36:(3) 266-284 The CaLL Reading Group is now taking place in room 1.29A of Cardiff University's Humanities Building. Everyone welcome! Best wishes Frances
This weeks' reading is:
Derek Edwards & Elizabeth Stokoe (2011): “You Don't Have to Answer”: Lawyers’ Contributions in Police Interrogations of Suspects, Research on Language & Social Interaction, 44:1, 21-43
All welcome!
Best wishes
Frances
Here is a space for this year's MA students to introduce themselves.
It looks like it's going to be a very enjoyable year for us again, working with interesting students...
Our first reading for the group, chosen by Frances Rock is:
Christian Licoppe & Laurence Dumoulin (2010): The “Curious Case” of an Unspoken Opening Speech Act: A Video-Ethnography of the Use of Video Communication in Courtroom Activities, Research on Language & Social Interaction, 43:3, 211-231
The following prompt questions were given:
(1) Provide, for your own use, a short summary of the article - what are its main points and motivations?
(2) What did you respond to this this paper - anything about the research setting, the methods, the findings?
(3) What would you have done differently (in any way) if you had been undertaking this study or reporting it in a research article?
(4) What one question would you like to ask others in the group about this paper? (i.e. if you'd been preparing this task, what would you want people to think about within their preparation?)
Cardiff Language and Law (CaLL) is both a research group and a research network. As a research group, we are located in the Centre for Language and Communication Research in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy of Cardiff University. We have a strong tradition in language and law research and we run a well-established MA in Forensic Linguistics as well as supervising students on language and law topics. As a research network, we provide a focus for anyone working at the interface between language/communication and the law.
This weblog, then, does two things. First it gives information about the work we do as a research group at Cardiff. The weblog showcases our current research projects and publicises relevant talks, seminars, workshops and conferences held in the Centre for Language and Communication Research. Secondly, it encourages the development of a research network - a community of researchers and practitioners working in the general area of language and law.
We are interested in collaborating with researchers in other Schools within Cardiff and those at other institutions working in the field of language and law, broadly conceived. We aim more generally to facilitate, encourage and undertake collaborative research between legal practitioners.
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