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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/goblin-mode-meaning-word-of-the-year-oxford-dictionary-b2239839.html

‘Goblin mode’: new Oxford word of the year speaks to the times | Language | The Guardian

Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’? | Life and style | 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

» Words of the Year American Dialect Society

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