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Subject:Australian meeting: forensic linguistics From:Irene Wong <wongword -at- OZEMAIL -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Sun, 14 Sep 1997 20:44:04 +1100
This notice sent out by Irene Wong, Newsletter editor, ASTC(NSW).
wongword -at- ozemail -dot- com -dot- au
The Australian Society for Technical Communication (New South Wales)
Wednesday 22 October
Members? and friends? meeting
**Back by popular request is**
John Gibbons
Senior Lecturer
Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney
John Gibbons studies, teaches and researches Applied Linguistics. His
research interests are related to language and the law and to
bilingualism in its many forms. These interests include the
complications caused by mis-communication in the process of police
interrogation of suspects with limited knowledge of English.
FORENSIC LINGUISTICS
At the request of a large number of our members, John will expand on the
extremely interesting talk he presented last November at our Conference
?96.
He will be discussing additional work in this field of language use in
police work.
6.00pm for 6.30pm, Wednesday 22 October
*ABC building in Harris Street.
(About 100 metres from Broadway)
$10 ASTC members who book
$15 ASTC members who do not book
$15 non-members
Cost includes wine and finger food
Please book by contacting Jonica Paramor at the ASTC office
on 02 9211 6590 by Monday 20 October.
**Information on this meeting**
Assoc Prof Helen McGregor
Faculty of Engineering
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007 Australia
Phone 02 9514 2678, Fax 02 9514 2655
Note that the venue is the ABC building at Ultimo.
Ask at the reception desk for directions to the room.
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