David Wright is a forensic linguist and Associate Professor at Nottingham Trent University. His research applies methods of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis in forensic contexts. His research spans across a range of intersections between language and the law and justice, language in crime and evidence, and discourses of abuse, harassment and discrimination. His current research specialisms and ongoing projects are:
- Corpus approaches to discourse in legal contexts
- Cross-examination of vulnerable and intimated witnesses
- Courtroom discourse and the language of advocacy
- Procedures of voice identification evidence
- Discourses of responsibility in COVID-19 communication
- Transcription of covert recordings for forensic purposes
- Street Harassment of Children
- Incitement of Violence Against Women Online
- Representations of migrants in the British national press
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