DAKOTA WING
Forensic Linguist
PhD Candidate, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, York University
I'm a forensic linguist (an interactional sociolinguist/discourse analyst) and doctoral candidate in linguistics and applied linguistics at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
I'm a forensic linguist (an interactional sociolinguist/discourse analyst) and doctoral candidate in linguistics and applied linguistics at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
I'm interested in all ways language interacts with the law, be it language as evidence, language crimes, legal discourse, or the language of the law.
I'm interested in all ways language interacts with the law, be it language as evidence, language crimes, legal discourse, or the language of the law.
I consult privately and as a language analyst at Robert Leonard Associates analyzing language evidence in criminal, civil, and investigative matters.
I consult privately and as a language analyst at Robert Leonard Associates analyzing language evidence in criminal, civil, and investigative matters.
In my research, I apply both discourse analysis and corpus methodologies to various legal and forensic-related language data. Particularly, I have explored/am exploring/want to explore:
In my research, I apply both discourse analysis and corpus methodologies to various legal and forensic-related language data. Particularly, I have explored/am exploring/want to explore:
• Authorial stance in written threatening communications
• Authorial stance in written threatening communications
• Patterns of authorial stance in the writings of mass murderers (specifically school shooters), serial killers, and suicidal individuals.
• Patterns of authorial stance in the writings of mass murderers (specifically school shooters), serial killers, and suicidal individuals.
• Police interviewing techniques/models (and discourse patterns of police interviews)
• Police interviewing techniques/models (and discourse patterns of police interviews)
• False confessions
• False confessions
• Authorship Analysis
• Authorship Analysis
• Patterns of language use of radicalized individuals online and extremist propaganda
• Patterns of language use of radicalized individuals online and extremist propaganda
• The Bruton Rule (court decisions and constitutional restraints on admitting/redacting statements in joint trials)
• The Bruton Rule (court decisions and constitutional restraints on admitting/redacting statements in joint trials)
• Linguistic bias and discrimination
• Linguistic bias and discrimination
• Revealing bias and discrimination (and ideologies) in the judicial process through patterns of language use
• Revealing bias and discrimination (and ideologies) in the judicial process through patterns of language use
• Plain language (jury instructions, police cautions, and legislature)
• Plain language (jury instructions, police cautions, and legislature)
My ultimate goal in all my research and work is to explain, aid, and improve the justice process in Canada and around the world. This might sound a bit ambitious, but I think this is a good start!
My ultimate goal in all my research and work is to explain, aid, and improve the justice process in Canada and around the world. This might sound a bit ambitious, but I think this is a good start!