30.10.2024 Michael Rießler (UEF): “On the Pluricentricity of the Saami Language(s)” Abstract In language sociology and sociolinguistics pluricentricity describes languages with several centers of standardization, like Standard Swedish used in two Nordic countries. Standard Finnish also has official status in several countries (Finland, Sweden, and Russia), in addition to Meänkieli (Sweden) and Kveeni (Norway), both […]

April 10, 2024 Dana Roemling (University of Birmingham) “From Words to Evidence: An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics” Abstract In this talk I provide an introduction to forensic linguistics, the study of language when it is relevant to the forensic context. I start by introducing both investigative linguistics and language and law as the main branches […]