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David Wright

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Forensic and legal linguist at Nottingham Trent University. Corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, language of law, evidence and justice.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Feb 20

Out now: my monograph 'Corpus Approaches to Discourse in Forensic and Legal Contexts' available for purchase as hardback and ebook.

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Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · Sep 2

Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online

🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social

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Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online

Safeguarding children in schools broadly refers to the actions taken to protect children from abuse, prevent damage to health and development, and pro…

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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · Aug 20

How do you decide whether or not to use AI tools in your research? One approach is to judge the extent to which they align with the values that underpin your research - in this open access paper we look at this question of alignment. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reposting this as it is now actually open access 🔓✨ (promise!). You can find the it here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. See the post below ⬇️ for some more detail!

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Language, Identities and Institutions Reseach Group (LIIRG) and the Nottingham Institute of Languages and Intercultural Communication (NILIC) are hosting a guest lecture by Edmund Weiner, Deputy Chief Editor of the OED on Wednesday 17th September. Please register if you'd like to attend.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Jul 10

We have learnt a lot over the course of our knowledge exchange activity this year and have made some invaluable new links with practitioners and academics.

More to come!

David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yesterday evening we delivered the third and final workshop of our Knowledge Exchange series: ‘Language and the cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses’. We were hosted at The Law Society, a fitting venue for us to share ideas and perspectives with stakeholders in the criminal justice system.

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David Griffin @linguistlawyer.com · Jul 7

New preprint from Alex Moe and myself! "American Courtroom Data: A Legal Guide for Researchers" will be in the next issue of Language and Law / Linguagem e Direito. In this piece, we explore the legal regulations surrounding the access and use of data derived from US courtroom proceedings.

(PDF) American Courtroom Data: A Legal Guide for Researchers

PDF | Subject to very few exceptions, courtroom data generated in the United States (i.e. any material that is either part of a docket or derived from... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 30

Congratulations, Emily!

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Emily Powell @empowell.bsky.social · May 30

Out now: my monograph on the language of mass shooter manifestos.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 29

Out now: my chapter "The importance of context in analysing the incitement of violence: a case study of an online community" in the book Manipulation, Influence and Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language, edited by the brilliant @sofiaruediger.bsky.social and @coocho.bsky.social.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 23

We are very grateful for the time that legal professionals afford us in discussing our research and the valuable relationships we build in that process. Thanks again to NTU's Institute for Knowledge Exchange Practice for supporting these events.

David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 23

We had rich discussions with leading Scottish lawyers and judges around current practice and training in the questioning of vulnerable people and the judicial management of such trials. Lots for us to reflect on and think about as we continue with our research.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 23

We had a fantastic evening on Wednesday night at our Knowledge Exchange event "Language and the cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses" at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 14

I’ve had a brilliantly informative and thought-provoking two days at the University of Birmingham with legal scholars from across the UK and Ireland focusing on research relating to the treatment of vulnerable witnesses and defendants at all parts of the criminal justice system.

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · May 1

It’s been an absolute pleasure to spend this beautiful day at the University of York giving a talk as part of their Linguistics Colloquium series. I was talking about the extent to which adaptions to cross-examination do help vulnerable witnesses give their “best evidence”.

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Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social · Apr 28

'Forensic Conversations' hybrid symposium is BACK!
📆 17 Sep 2025

An informal day of networking, discussions & presentations with researchers using EMCA methods to explore conversations in policing and criminal justice contexts.

Reg & call for abstracts now open: darg.lboro.ac.uk/event/forens...

Forensic Conversations in Criminal Justice Settings – DARG

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David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Apr 22

Feedback from delegates was excellent and we are now looking forward to delivering events in London and Edinburgh.

David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Apr 22

The event, funded by Nottingham Trent University's Institute for Knowledge Exchange Practice, brought together practitioners in the criminal justice system to discuss the linguistic challenges vulnerable witnesses and defendants face during cross-examination in court.

David Wright @wrightdw.bsky.social · Apr 22

Last week, alongside Professor John Jackson and Dr Debbie Cooper from the University of Nottingham, I had the pleasure of delivering our first Knowledge Exchange event in Dublin, Ireland with solicitors, criminal barristers, judges and registered intermediaries.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Apr 18

Medical textbook is pulled from shelves after an extract found stating the line – "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice."

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$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’

Peter Purgathofer looked over “Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy” by Nanasaheb Thorat, published in March by Springer Nature. On page 25, he found why we pay Springer the big bucks: [h…

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Andrea Nini @andreanini.com · Apr 17

We are looking for a computational linguist with focus on AI Trust and Security broadly defined. We are interested in people specialising in the study of LLMs and Forensic Linguistics applications would also be very welcome
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LINGUIST List 36.1234 Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester

The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Apr 14

'Masculinities and Language' by @paulari.bsky.social and me, out now! You can read the whole thing #openaccess here: tinyurl.com/9h6wn83a

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IAFLL @iafll.bsky.social · Apr 1

The official press release and conference video for the upcoming 17th Biennial Conference of IAFLL in Cape Town has been published on our website:

iafll.org/2025/04/01/1...

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IAFLL @iafll.bsky.social · Apr 1

The IAFLL is seeking nominations from people who wish to serve on the new Executive Committee, which takes office on 1 August 2025, and runs for a term of two years.

For more information and details on how to nominate yourself or someone else, please visit our website: iafll.org/2025/03/19/i...

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Mar 25

After a soft launch in the last couple of weeks, #wmatrix version 7 is now completely freely available worldwide for academic users plus UK government and NHS email addresses. This is the largest revision of the software since it was created 25 years ago: ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/wmatrix/

Wmatrix corpus analysis and comparison tool

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