he International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL) and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) invite papers for the 12th Biennial IAFL Conference on Forensic Linguistics / Language and Law (IAFL12).
 
Date: July 6-9, 2015
 
Venue: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China
 
Conference Website: www.iafl12.org
 
Contact Email: iafl12@gdufs.edu.cn
 
Deadline for Abstract submission: November 30, 2014
 
We are looking for both individual papers and posters that deal with interesting topics in forensic linguistics/language and law, including but not limited to the following:

police investigations, interviews and interrogation

courtroom interaction and discourse analysis

courtroom interpreting and legal translation

admissibility of linguistic evidence in court

authorship analysis

speaker identification

comprehensibility of legal texts

interpretation of legal texts

multimodality in legal discourse

legal discourse information analysis

teaching and training of interdisciplinary personnel of language and law

Each presentation is limited to 25 minutes, and 5 minutes should be left for Q&A. Abstracts  must be between 300 and 500 words long and must be submitted electronically to the conference website <www.iafl12.org> by November 30, 2014.
 
We also invite proposals for a colloquium which will be scheduled for a 2-hour slot and focus on the theme of “Functions and Roles of Forensic Linguistics in Legal Practice Today”. 4-5 speakers will be selected from the submitted proposals for the colloquium and equal time will be allocated to speakers for presentation, discussion and interaction with the audience.
 
Important dates:
 
Abstract submission due: November 30, 2014
 
Confirmation of presenters: February 28, 2015
 
We look forward to seeing you at the conference!
 
Organizing Committee:
 
The organizing committee comprises members drawn from the following Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) institutions:
 
National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
 
Center for Forensic Linguistics
 
School of English for International Business

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