Forensic linguistics in Australia : origins, progress and prospects / Diana Eades, Helen Fraser, Georgina Heydon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eades, Diana, 1953- author.

Fraser, Helen (Linguist), author.

Heydon, Georgina, 1970- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements, 2634-7334.

Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics, 2634-7334

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This work presents an account of forensic linguistics in Australia since the first expert linguistic evidence in 1959, through early work in the 1970s-1980s, the defining of the discipline in the 1990s, and into the current era.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Forensic Linguistics in Australia: Origins, Progress and Prospects

Contents

Series Preface

1 Introduction

1.1 Introducing This Element

1.2 What Is Forensic Linguistics?

1.2.1 Linguistics

1.2.2 Forensic Linguistics

1.3 Forensic Linguistics in Australia

1.3.1 Precursors 1959-1970s

1.3.2 Early Days (1970s-1980s)

1.3.3 Defining a Discipline (1990s)

1.3.4 The Twenty-First Century

1.4 Characteristics of Forensic Linguistics in Australia

1.4.1 Beyond Merely 'Applying' Linguistic Knowledge

1.4.2 Direct Engagement between Linguists and Judicial Officers

1.4.3 Research on Misconceptions and Ideologies

2 Misconceptions and Problematic Ideologies

2.1 Misconceptions in Linguistics about the Law

2.2 Misconceptions in the Law about Language and Speech

2.2.1 Pre-Existing 'Common Knowledge'

2.2.2 Lawyers' Knowledge about Language vs Linguists' Expertise

2.3 Problematic Language Ideologies

2.3.1 Definitions

2.3.2 The Language Expertise Ideology

2.3.3 Monolingual Language Ideology

2.3.4 Written Language Ideology

2.3.5 Referential Language Ideology

3 Linguistic Contexts

3.1 Forensic Transcription

3.1.1 Legal History of Forensic Transcription

3.1.2 Involvement of Linguistic Science

3.1.3 The 'Call to Action'

3.1.4 The Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence

3.2 Forensic Speaker Recognition

3.2.1 From Ear Witnesses to Forensic Audio

3.2.2 Early Use of Expert Witnesses

3.2.3 AGrowing Field

3.2.4 ADeveloping Science

3.2.5 The Paradigm Shift

3.2.6 Looking Forward

3.3 LADO

3.4 Authorship Attribution

3.5 Legal Language, Trademarks and Linguistic Evidence about Meaning

3.5.1 Expert Evidence/Casework

Legal Text Interpretation

Trademark Infringement Cases.

Metaphor, Hyperbole and Literal Interpretation

Lexical Meaning in aLanguage Other than English

3.5.2 Other Applied Linguistic Work on Legal Language

3.5.3 Research

3.6 Linguistic Repertoires and Language Diversity

3.6.1 Second Language Speakers: Expert Evidence

3.6.2 Languages Other than English: Research on Interpreting

3.6.3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Second Language Speakers specifically

3.6.4 Second Dialect Speakers: Aboriginal People

3.6.5 Developmental Issues: Child Witnesses

3.7 Laws about Language

4 Interactional Contexts

4.1 Investigative Interviewing

4.1.1 Interactional Structures in Investigative Interviews

4.1.2 Lie Detection

4.2 Courtroom Communication and Beyond

4.2.1 Early Work

4.2.2 Questions and Answers

4.2.3 Assumptions about Storytelling and Retelling

4.2.4 Assessing the Stories of Asylum Seekers

4.2.5 Other Legal Settings

5 Sociocultural Contexts

5.1 Culture of Law(s)

5.2 Socioculturally Specific Challenges Impacting Interaction

5.3 Other Socioculturally Specific Assumptions

6 Engagement, Expansion and Expectation

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Engagement of the Judiciary and Legal Profession with Forensic Linguistics

6.3 Recognition in Law of Specific Australian Forensic Linguistics Work

6.3.1 In Legal Proceedings

6.3.2 In Commissioned Reports, Judicial Benchbooks and Similar

6.4 Engagement of Law Enforcement with Forensic Linguistics

6.5 Interdisciplinary Engagement of Forensic Linguists

6.6 International Engagement of Forensic Linguists

6.7 Conclusion

List of Abbreviations

Appendix

Cases Cited

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 5, 2023).

ISBN:

9781009197816

1009197819

9781009197809

1009197800

9781009168090

1009168096