2014 Fourth International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse

(Eighth Conference of China Association of Forensic  Linguistics ) 

Theme: Diversity & Integrity

October, 18-21 2014

Northwest University of Political Science & Law, Xi’an, China

          

 

     This conference invites theoretical studies, case analysis, and relevant work-in-progress papers on the key issues in legal language and legal discourse, promotes research of, and welcomes participation from, researchers of different cultural and language backgrounds from different disciplines and across jurisdictions. All topics of forensic linguistics/language and law include but not limited to the following 10 strands:

·         Legal Culture, Law and Philosophy, Logic

·         Language Planning，Legislative Language, Judicial Language

·         Theoretical Study on Forensic Linguistics & Application

·         Legal Languages, Legal English, Legal Chinese

·         Legal Discourse, Legal Semiotics, and Corpus Linguistics

·         Courtroom Interpreting and Translating

·         Expert Witness and Linguistic Evidence

·         Interpretation and Analysis of Legal Documents

·         Authorship/Speaker Identification

·         Teaching of Language and Law, Legal Exchange and Cooperation

 

Call for papers

Abstracts and full papers will be sent to the Organizing Committee (xian2014lawconf@outlook.com). All accepted full papers (6 pages) will be included in the indexed (CPCI-SSH) Proceedings of LLD4. Selected peer-reviewed papers (5000-8000 words) will be invited for publication in 3 special issues in International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, and International Journal of Legal English.

 

Dates

Abstract submission: 31 Jan, 2014 (within 300 words)

Notification of acceptance: 28 Feb, 2014

Registration: 1 -31March, 2014

Full paper (6 pages) submission (optional): 30 April 2014

Acceptance of full paper: 31 May, 2014

 

Conference Chairs
Jin-bang DU, President, China Association of Forensic Linguistics
Qing-lin MA, Northwest University of Politics and Law
King-Kui SIN, President, Multicultural Association of Law and Language

Convener
Le Cheng, Secretary General/Vice-President, Multicultural Association of Law and Language

Co-organizers

Multicultural Association of Law and Language

School of Foreign Languages, China University of Political Science and Law

School of Foreign Languages, East China University of Political Science and Law

School of Foreign Languages, Southwest University of Political Science and Law
School of Foreign Language, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

Center for Legal Discourse and Translation, Zhejiang University

 

Keynotes
Zong-ke YANG, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, China
Susan Sarcevic, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Michael F. Schober, New School for Social Research, USA
Jin-bang DU, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
King-Kui SIN, Multicultural Association of Law and Language

Plenary Speakers
Sol Azuelos-Atias, University of Haifa, Israel
Su-qing YU, East China University of Political Science and Law, China
Zhen-hua WANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jing-yu ZHANG, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Qing ZHANG, China University of Political Science and Law, China

Yu-zhong, ZHOU, Ningxia University, China

 

Enquiries and submissions

Email: xian2014lawconf@outlook.com

For more information, please visit http://fli.nwupl.cn/2014conf