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Martin Centre’s 3rd International Conference
Appliable Linguistics and Legal Discourse
Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
14-18 December 2016
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. The conference will consist of five days of plenary speeches and parallel sessions exploring the following topics.
Analysing the use of language by parties in the court (judges, lawyers, prosecutors and defendants, etc.)
Identifying the speaker or author of legal evidence (audios, videos, letters, notes, etc.)
Investigating statements either oral or written for courtroom use
Examining the genuineness of texts and auditory materials (plagiarism cases, genuine vs. fake notes, doctored sound/video recordings in suicidal or terrorism cases, etc.)
Interpreting and translating legal discourses/texts
Other related topics
Plenary speakers
1. Vijay K Bhatia, Asia-Pacific LSP and Professional Communication Association, Hong Kong
2. Debora Cao, Griffith University, Australia
3. Edward Finegan, USC, USA
4. Chris Heffer, Cardiff University, UK
5. Rosemary Huisman, University of Sydney, Australia
6. J R Martin, University of Sydney, Australia
7. Gail Stygall, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
8. Wang Zhenhua, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R.China
9. Yuan Chuanyou, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, P.R.China
Working language
English
Parallel sessions
Each parallel session consists of 30 minutes’ presentation and 10 minutes’ questions and discussions. Scholars are welcome to submit a 100-150 word abstract to the organizing committee (martincentre@163.com). The deadline for submission is July 1, 2016. Offers of acceptance will be sent by July 31, 2016.
Venue
School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China
Fees
Standard: RMB￥1,800 Early bird standard: RMB￥1,500
Student: RMB￥1,200 Early bird student: RMB￥900
(Early bird: before 31 October 2016) (Website for payment under construction)
Travel, accommodation and meals are to be arranged by participants on their own.
Registration
Please fill in the registration form (at the end of this document) and send it to martincentre@163.com.
Accommodation
Participants can stay at Academic Activity Centre, an on-campus guesthouse within 10 minutes’ walking distance to the conference venue. The price varies by room type (Standard rooms – RMB￥360 per night; executive rooms – RMB￥699, 899, 1099, 1299 per night). For further information and reservation please contact the Academic Activity Centre via +86 21 54740800.
Contact
Zhang Ranran +86 15921545892
Wang Pin +86 15121004695
martincentre@163.com
Schedule
TBA
Registration form (for participants from Mainland China)
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