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Tim Grant

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Forensic linguist - academic and practitioner. Co-host Writing Wrongs podcast www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social www.aston.ac.uk/aifl Personal: timgrantforensiclinguist.com/home/

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 28d

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.

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you can't wait until then, listen - or re-listen - to the the first two episodes of Season 1 about conviction of Timothy Evans executed in 1950.

⁉️ Bonus quiz - Spot the surprising crossover character who has a significant bit part in both stories. ⁉️

#podcast
#truecrime
#forensiclinguistics

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Sep 4

➡️ Season 1 available right now on all podcast channels or from www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

➡️ Season 2 available from Friday 5th September with the Bentley double-bill and thereafter on the first Friday of each month
#podcast
#truecrime
#langsky
#forensiclinguistics
#academicsky

www.aston.ac.uk

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎧 Season 2 Episode 2: 🎙️ Derek Bentley - Let him say it 🎙️ (with Professor Malcolm Coulthard) 🎧

At the 1998 appeal the linguistic analysis of Prof Malcolm Coulthard showed that Bentley's statement to the police, had in fact been written by the police.

#podcast
#truecrime
#linguistics

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨Out tomorrow🚨
🎧 Season 2 Episode 1: 🎙️ Derek Bentley - Death by Ambiguity 🎙️ 🎧

At the original trial ❗not one, but two ❗ important linguistic ambiguities enabled the prosectors to convict and execute him.

#podcast
#truecrime
#academic
#impact

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 Season 2 of our podcast Writing Wrongs starts tomorrow! 🚨

❗ Not one, but two episodes ❗
Find out all about the infamous Derek Bentley case - executed in 1953 for his participation in the murder of a police officer, and acquitted forty-five years later in 1998.

#podcast
#truecrime
#lingsky

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Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · Sep 2

Check out the full special issue! We're in excellent company @mathewgillings.bsky.social @katebarber.bsky.social @danaroemling.bsky.social @timgrant123.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Applied Corpus Linguistics | Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Language plays a key role in online offending and adversarial interpersonal behaviours. Corpus linguistics is a distinctive and valuable part of the researcher and practitioner toolkit for better unde...

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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · Aug 25

I'm doing my annual update to my list of linguistics and language podcasts:
www.superlinguo.com/post/1584480...

If you listen to anything that's not already on the list, please let me know about it! (I wait until something has 5 episode before adding it to the list)

Linguistics and Language Podcasts

Looking for podcasts about language and linguistics? Here’s a comprehensive list with descriptions! I’ve also mentioned if shows have transcripts. If there are any I missed, let me know! Linguistics...

www.superlinguo.com

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you aware of Writing Wrongs - our forensic linguistics true crime podcast.

Season 1 - available now

Season 2 - from 5th Sept then 1st Friday of each month

From www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs or any podcast platform

Www.aston.ac.uk

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you are a teacher please do advertise it to your students.

As well as being of interest to students of English or Languages, it will interest psychology or sociology A level groups.
here's the Season One poster- For bigger files to print for a classroom wall, write to [email protected]

Poster for Season 1 of the Writing Wrongs podcast Illustrating the eight episodes
- The Evans Statement - a case for forensic linguistics
- Interview with author Kate Summerscale about her book the Peepshow
- Imposters tending to the wild
- Foreyguistics Lingeyguistics: Cracking the Killers Code
- Romance Fraud: the Linguistics Crime Scene
- The disputed confessions of Darnell Rusan
- They said: She Said - the Ayia Napa Rape Case
- Questions and Answers

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 29

It will be suitable for a general adult audience interested in forensic linguistics and true crime and also for schools audience groups (GCSE / A levels). The podcast it self contains more adult themes (but nothing that they won't have watched on Netflix) but the live event won't be explicit.

Poster advertising Writing Wrongs Live show. 4pm-6pm 22nd October, Steelhouse Lane Lockup, Birmingham.
Free tickets via www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 29

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
#forensiclinguistics

Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌟 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...

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.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 22

22nd August - so we walked up to the memorial at the top of Bosworth Field.

Of course about 30 years after it was built the archaeologist showed they’d put it in the wrong place - he died in the swamp at the bottom of the hill, like Shakespeare said.

And then got buried in the Leicester car park

Bosworth field memorial to Richard III

Bosworth Field memorial to Richard III

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 22

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!

#truecrime
#podcast
#forensiclinguistics
#appliedlinguistics
#linguistics
#academicsky
#langsky #lingsky
#TeamAston

Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Aug 22

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 👇

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Aug 22

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 👇

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔎 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

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 8

If you are more broadly interested in forensic linguistics and the kind of evidence we give, we have a podcast (doesn’t everyone!) It’s called “Writing Wrongs” and you can find it on all podcast platforms or at www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

www.aston.ac.uk

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 8

A phrasal verb is a multi word verb where the individual words can me unrelated to the overall meaning.

The standard English examples I came up with in court were “to take after your father” or “look after your mother” - meanings of “take” “look” and “after” don’t relate to the phrasal meanings.

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 8

I can’t talk about the case until after verdict and sentencing but I was giving evidence about slang.

There were a set of messages between a group in Urban British English and I was providing standard English meaning to the court. One slang item was a phrasal verb.

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 7

That was fun, I was just able to explain how a phrasal verb works under cross examination in a criminal trial.

Everyday a teaching day

#forensiclinguistics

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

You can listen on any podcast platform or direct from 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs for the full answer to this question and more..

❓ Do forensic linguists get cases involving slang❓

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Jul 31

Colleague @drniccimacleod.bsky.social co-host, forensic linguist, Ghostbuster!

🎙️Writing Wrongs🎙️podcast series final tomorrow!

Catchup on the whole series today on every podcast platform or at 👉 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

#academicsky
#langsky
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcast

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Jul 29

#forensiclinguistics
#langsky
#academicsky
#truecrime
#Podcast

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Jul 29

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!

👉 🎙️https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Jul 29

🔊 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 👇👇👇