Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics

AIFL Thursday Seminars are Back!

Join us fortnightly 4-5pm for our new seminar series!

TOMMOROW! Constructing Idiolect: Using Construction Grammar for cross-genre authorship

Speakers: Dr. Lucia Busso & Dr. Daniela Schneevogt

More info below 👇
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Forensic Linguistics and History Symposium The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics invites you all to our interdisciplinary symposium on Forensic Linguistics and History

JOIN US on November 7th for the latest in our 'Forensic Linguistics AND...' symposium series. Next up is FL AND...History. Sign up for online or in person here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-l...

Your favourite forensic linguistics podcast is recording LIVE on 22nd October at the Steel House Lane Lock-up in Birmingham! Tickets are free here: tinyurl.com/58pfcjdz Listen to the trailer here: www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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🎧 Don’t miss this deep dive into language, law, and a case that changed history.

Part 1 unpacks the linguistic ambiguities that shaped the case and, in Part 2, hosts @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social are joined by Professor Malcolm Coulthard, a pioneer in forensic linguistics, to examine Bentley’s alleged written confession.

The Derek Bentley Case 👇

In a gripping two-part series, the Writing Wrongs podcast investigates one of the UK’s most infamous miscarriages of justice: the tragic story of Derek Bentley, who was sentenced to death in 1953.

📢 Season 2 of Writing Wrongs kicks off tomorrow! 📢

The first episode is a two-parter exploring the classic case of #DerekBentley.

We're joined by Prof. Malcolm Coulthard whose analysis contributed to Derek's posthumous acquittal.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Transnational Romance Fraud: West Africa–U.S. Links With widespread unemployment and financial precarity, cyberfraud can seem like an appealing way—sometimes the only way—to earn a living.

Nothing like starting the week with a mention in a Forbes article about romance fraud 👇

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Season 2 of Writing Wrongs starts next Friday with a double-bill 🤫🤐

But I can tell you that Episode 4 is going to involve a live recording as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - and that you can come along!

#podcast
#truecrime
#lingsky #langsky
#academicsky
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It has been so much fun contributing to this podcast

Can't wait for the release of Season 2 to start ... first Friday of each month ... so that's September 5th for Season 2!

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#podcast
#forensiclinguistics
#appliedlinguistics
#linguistics
#academicsky
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#TeamAston

Join @timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social for a special recording of the Writing Wrongs podcast. In front of a live audience, we will be chatting to the authors of the book Forensic Linguistics in the UK: Origins, Progress and Prospects, which will be out next year.

Writing Wrongs - LIVE! Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. Join Tim and Nicci for a special recording in front of a live audience.

🌟 Writing Wrongs Live! 🌟

We warmly invite you to our Writing Wrongs live event on the 22nd of October, 4-6pm at the Steelhouse Lane Lock-Up in Birmingham, UK!

You can now register following the link below 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wr...

Thank you to all of you who have been following us so far, we really appreciate your support.

Season 2 is coming soon, with the first two episodes released on Friday, 5th September. Stay tuned!

#truecrime
#forensiclinguistics
#appliedlinguistics
#linguistics
#TeamAston

5️⃣ Foreygensic Lingeyguistics: Cracking the Killer’s Code
6️⃣ The Disputed Confessions of Darnell Rusan with Dr Marlon Hurt
7️⃣ They Said, She Said: The Aiya Napa R**e Case with @andreanini.com
8️⃣ Questions and Answers

For more information, take a look at our website 👉 shorturl.at/3xQnZ

1️⃣ Timothy Evans: A case for forensic linguistics
2️⃣ Bonus - Kate Summerscale on her book - The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
3️⃣ Imposters Tending To The Wild with @issyclarke.bsky.social
4️⃣ Romance Fraud: The Linguistic Crime Scene with @drliscarter.bsky.social

That was season 1 of the Writing Wrongs podcast! Dr Nicci MacLeod and Tim Grant have taken a case-by-case look at the field of forensic linguistics in action throughout 8 episodes 👇

🔎 Decoding slang meaning and forensic linguistics 🔎

@timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss how important slang is in forensic linguistics casework in the Season One Series finale of Writing Wrongs.

You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform

and...

❓ Do you need more protection as expert witnesses?

Tune in and have a listen...

❓ How do you become a forensic linguist?
❓ How do you get cases?
❓ How common are 'no comment' interviews?
❓ Can you detect deception?
❓ What would be Nicci's dream 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳©️?

‼️ Out now ‼️
🎙️ Writing Wrongs 🎙️ our Season One Series finale:
⁉️ The Questions and Answers Episode ⁉️

You can listen on Spotify 👉 t.co/fES8uEi14m Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform or direct from our webpages by going to 👉https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs

Really excited by this episode - we got to sift through our listeners’ questions and answer as many as we could.

It’s out on Friday - and if you want to catch up between now and then, there are seven case file episodes you can listen to right now!

👉 🎙️ www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

🚨 What's on your dream MacLeod's Murder Tour? 🚨

@drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social
answer your questions on the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs.

Listen TOMORROW on your usual podcast platform or tinyurl.com/4b2m36ny.

@astonpress.bsky.social

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🔊 Dropping this Friday, the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs, the AIFL podcast! 🔊

@timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social will be answering some of the questions that have come in from listeners over the course of the past 7 episodes 👇👇👇

We are now on Instagram! Follow us for updates on forensic linguistics research, events, podcasts, and more 👇

MAFL alumna Sophie Hörl, with support from our own @drniccimacleod.bsky.social, had a paper based on her Dissertation published in Discourse and Society this week!

Read 'A linguistic taxonomy for rape euphemisms in courtroom discourse' - link below 👇

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I had a blast talking to Robbie for this! Check it out to learn about my research interests and my forensic linguistics origin story. And thanks again to @aifl.bsky.social for having me!

🚨NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY🚨

🎙️Writing Wrongs podcast🎙️

A true crime forensic linguistics podcast from @aifl.bsky.social
- Every word leaves a trace

Season1️⃣ Episode7️⃣: "They Said, She Said: The Ayia Napa Rape Case"

👉 Listen 🎧 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs 🎧

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#podcast
#academicsky
#linguistics

🎙️ Who wrote the retraction, the Greek police or the British teenager? - Episode 7 of the Writing Wrongs podcast out tomorrow 🎙️

In this episode, our hosts @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social discuss the Ayia Napa rape allegation case with @andreanini.com 👇

Former AIFL director Professor
@timgrant123.bsky.social won @astonuniversity.bsky.social's prestigious Chancellor's Medal this year, presented at the Charter Dinner last week. AIFL Deputy Director @drniccimacleod.bsky.social collected from Aston's Chancellor, Dr Jason Wouhra OBE, on Tim's behalf.

AIFL Interview Series: James R. Fitzgerald By Julija Danu

You can now check our latest blog post, an interview with Jim Fitzgerald, former FBI criminal profiler and the first forensic linguist to have been employed by the FBI 👇
aifl-blog.com/aifl-intervi...