Lexis Episode 36 - Claire Hardaker and forensic linguistics
Here are the show notes for Episode 36, in which Dan and Lisa talk to Dr Claire Hardaker about:
- Forensic linguistics
- What language can reveal about us
- The benefits and problems of technology in forensic linguistics
- The role of the forensic linguist in an unequal society
- The future of forensic linguistics
Claire’s Lancaster University page: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/claire-hardaker
Claire’s en clair podcast: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair/
Claire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drclaireH
Claire on Mastodon: https://mastodonapp.uk/@drclaireh
And in our regular Lang in the News segment, Lisa and Dan talk about Words of the Year- which ones have been chosen so far, how they have been selected, why they work (or don’t?) and what they might tell us about 2022.
Collins: ‘Sums up 2022’: Permacrisis chosen as Collins word of the year | Culture | The Guardian
A year of ‘permacrisis’ - Collins Dictionary Language Blog
Oxford Dictionaries:
https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2022/#WOTY2022vote
‘Goblin mode’: new Oxford word of the year speaks to the times | Language | The Guardian
Cambridge Dictionary:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/editorial/woty
Merriam Webster: Word of the Year 2022 | Gaslighting | Merriam-Webster
Macquarie:
Teal named Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year – ‘an emblem of Australia’s political landscape’
Dictionary dot com:
Dictionary.com’s 2022 Word Of The Year Is…
Dictionary.com announces word of the year: ‘woman’ | US news | The Guardian
Dan’s Independent article about WOTY2022:
2022’s Words of the Year and what they tell us | The Independent