David Wright

Talks

Plenaries and keynotes

  • Jackson, J., Cooper, D., Doak, J. and Wright, D. (2023) Mapping the changing face of cross-examination. Adversarialism, Participation and Voice in the Criminal Process International and Comparative Perspectives. University of Limerick, Ireland. 22 – 23 June 2023.
  • Wright, D. (2022) Corpora and the evolution of forensic linguistics. ‘Corpus Linguistics: the past, the present and the potential’. British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group Symposium. University of Leeds, 13 May 2022.
  • Wright, D. (2021) On the use of corpora in forensic linguistics: traditions and trends. Corpora in Applied Linguistics: Broadening the Agenda. British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)/Cambridge University Press seminar. Aston University, 15 April 2021.
  • Wright, D. (2020) Persuasion as incitement?: patterns of advice in a Pick-Up-Artist community of practice. Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction –Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language symposium. University of Basel, Switzerland, November 22-23, 2020.
  • Wright, D. (2019) “You can’t sit with us”: the value of non-forensic data in forensic linguistics. 7th Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics and Forensic Phonetics. University of Graz, Austria, September 5–8, 2019

Invited talks

  • Wright, D. (2024) Improving the quality of evidence using forensic linguistics. University of Sussex. 8 March 2024.
  • Kennedy, C. and Wright, D. (2024) Discourses of force and failure: The construction of crisis in policing of climate change protests. BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium – Corpus Perspectives on Crisis Discourse. 17 January 2024.
  • Wright, D. (2023) The cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses in England and Wales: reflections and realities. Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University, 27 April 2023.
  • Jackson, J., Cooper, D., Saunders, C. and Wright, D. (2023) Mapping the changing face of cross-examination in criminal trials. No.1 High Pavement Chambers Lecture. National Justice Museum, Nottingham. 21 March 2023.
  • Wright, D. (2023) Corpus approaches to forensic linguistics: the benefit and challenges of corpora in investigative and legal language analysis. Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. 10 February 2023.
  • Wright, D. (2022) Corpora and the evolution of forensic linguistics. Keynote at ‘Corpus Linguistics: the past, the present and the potential’. British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group Symposium. University of Leeds, 13 May 2022
  • Wright, D. (2021). On the use of corpora in forensic linguistics: traditions and trends. Keynote at ‘Corpora in Applied Linguistics: Broadening the Agenda’. British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) and Cambridge University Press seminar, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. 15-16 April 2021.
  • Wright, D. (2020). The use of corpora in many types of forensic linguistic analysis is becoming increasingly commonplace”: A decade on from Cotterill (2010). Institute for Forensic Linguisitcs, Aston University, 10 December 2020.
  • Wright, D. (2020). Persuasion as incitement?: patterns of advice in a Pick-Up-Artist community of practice. Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction – Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language symposium, University of Basel, Switzerland, 22-23 November 2020.
  • Wright, D. (2020) Forensic linguistics: responding to challenges in language and law. University of Santiago, Chile, 21 October 2020.
  • Wright, D. (2020) Identifying authors and idiolects using forensic linguistics. University of Mosul, Iraq, 7 July 2020.
  • Wright, D. (2019). Investigating the harassment of children in public places: How important is the linguistics? Linguistics at Huddersfield Research Group. University of Huddersfield, 2nd October 2019.
  • Wright, D. (2019).“You can’t sit with us”: the value of non-forensic data in forensic linguistics. Plenary at The Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics and Forensic Phonetics. University of Graz, Austria, September 5–8, 2019.
  • Wright, D. (2019) “She kept saying no but that didn’t stop me”: Discourses of resistance in an online Pick-Up Artist forum. Northumbria University, Newcastle, 4th April 2019.
  • Wright, D. (2019). The role of the British press in inciting hate crimes against non-native English speakers in the UK. The Forensic Linguistics Research Group (FORGE), Lancaster University, 27 February 2019.
  • Wright, D. (2018). “Two guys asked me ‘how old are you babe?’”: Linguistic, psychological and legal perspectives on the street harassment of children. Paper to be presented at Manchester Metropolitan University, 19th June 2018.
  • ​Wright, D. (2017). Population data in forensic author identification. Paper presented at ‘Advancing Advocacy: Challenges ahead in criminal evidence and procedure’, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, 23 June 2017.

  • Wright, D. (2016) Linguistic habits and idiolect: a collocational approach to forensic author identification. Paper presented at the Linguistics research seminar series at the University of Huddersfield, 3 February 2016.
  • Wright, D. (2015) N-gram textbites and author identification: A corpus approach to a forensic problem. Paper presented at the Corpus Linguistics Network talk series at the University of Nottingham, 9 December 2015.
  • Wright, D. (2014) Eventually the twain shall meet: Corpus linguistics and forensic linguistics. Paper presented at the University of Portsmouth, 6 March 2013.
  • Wright, D. (2013) A corpus-based genre-focused approach to identifying idiolect: Implications for forensic authorship analysis. Centre for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham, 13 March 2013.
  • Wright, D. (2013) Investigating idiolect through genre conventions: An email case study. Newman UniversityEnglish Seminar Series. Birmingham, 20 February 2013.
  • Wright, D. and Gomez, A. (2012) Openings, closings, polite requests and address forms in emails of Enron traders and lawyers. Paper presented at the 1st Inter-university PhD Seminar on Forensic Linguistics (University of Leeds & IULA/Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. March 2012.
  • Johnson, A., Wright, D. and Gomez, A. (2011) Authorship in Forensic Linguistics. Lecture given at Cardiff University, 23 November 2011.​

Peer-reviewed conference papers (since 2019)

2024

  • Bird, J.J., Wright, D., Sumich, A. and Lotfi, A. (2024) Generative AI in psychological therapy: perspectives on computational linguistics and Large Language Models in written behaviour monitoring. 17th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA). Crete, Greece, 26 – 28 June 2024.
  • Wright, D. (2024) Revisiting tag questions in witness cross-examination: a comparison of their use in questioning vulnerable and non-vulnerable witnesses. 5th European Conference of the International Association for Forensic & Legal Linguistics, 24-27 June 2024, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.
  • Paver, A., Wright, D. and Braber, N. (2024) Investigating the impact of voice stereotypes on inaccurate selections in voice parades. 5th European Conference of the International Association for Forensic & Legal Linguistics, 24-27 June 2024, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.
  • Wright, D. (2024) Cross-examination of child witnesses in criminal trials in the United Kingdom: a move towards better practice? iMean7 conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, 19-21 June 2024.
  • Kennedy, C. and Wright, D. (2024) Discourses of force and failure. The construction of crisis in policing of climate change protests. Corpus Perspectives on Crisis Discourse. BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University (online), January 17, 2024

2023

  • Wright, D., Paver, A., Braber, N. (2023) The effects of voice stereotypes on voice parades. 9th Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics and Forensic Phonetics (online), November 17-19, 2023.
  • Kennedy, C. and Wright, D. (2023) Discourses of police and policing in newspaper coverage of UK climate change protests, 2019-2022. 12th International Corpus Linguistics Conference. Lancaster University, 3-6 July, 2023

2022

  • Giménez, R., Queralt, S. and Wright, D. (2022) The representation(s) of forensic linguistics in the media: reflections from the community. 4th European Conference of the International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics (IAFLL). University of Porto, 18-21 July 2022.
  • Harrington, L., Love, R. and Wright, D. (2022) Analysing the performance of automated transcription tools for covert audio recordings. 30th International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA) Annual Conference. Charles University, Prague, 10-13 July 2022.
  • Paver, A., Braber, N and Wright, D. (2022) Forensic implications of listener judgements on speaker pitch and rate of articulation. British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP) Colloquium. University of York, 4 April 2022.

2021

  • Williams, J and Wright, D. (2021) Ambiguity, transitivity and responsibility in the UK daily Coronavirus briefings. Paper presented at The 1st International Online Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group (SFLIG) Conference, 16-19 November 2021
  • Wright, D. (2021) Positioning and responsibility in the Opening Statements of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry: a corpus-assisted analysis. Paper presented at the 15th International Association of Forensic Linguistics conference. Aston University, 13-15 September.
  • Braber, N., Paver, A. and Wright, D. (2021) To what extent do social judgements of accents affect voice judgements? Paper presented at BAAL 2021 conference, Northumbria University (online), 9-11 September 2021.
  • Paver, A., Braber, N. and Wright, D. (2021) Examining social and behavioural judgements of British English accents. Paper presented at the 13th UKLVC Conference (online). University of Glasgow, 8-10 September 2021.
  • Paver, A., Wright, D. and Braber, N. (2021) Accent judgements for social traits and criminal behaviours: ratings and implications. Paper presented at the 29th International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics Annual Conference (online). University of Marburg, 22-25 August 2021.

2020

  • Williams, J. and Wright, D. (2020). Pronominal ambiguity and ascriptions of responsibility in the UK daily coronavirus briefings. 46th Conference of the Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS), 3-4 October 2020.
  • Williams, J. and Wright, D. (2020) “The more we restrict contact, the more we slow the spread of infection”: Ambiguity, responsibility and political action in the UK coronavirus briefings. Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2020, University of Sussex, UK, 17-19 June 2020.

2019

  • Wright, D. (2019) Discursive constructions of consent and resistance: a corpus study of a Pick Up Artist community. Paper presented at the 10th International Corpus Linguistics Conference (CL2019). Cardiff University, 22-26 July 2019.