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Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin

Current Perspectives and New Directions

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Editors:
  1. Peter L. Patrick

    1. University of Essex, Wivenhoe, Colchester, UK

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  2. Monika S. Schmid

    1. University of Essex, Wivenhoe, Colchester, UK

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  3. Karin Zwaan

    1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  • State-of-the-art developments in the new and growing field of LADO by the leading experts
  • In-depth focus on asylum processes across Europe, and groundbreaking legal decisions illuminated by lawyers and experts
  • An overview of current controversies among forensic linguists
  • Discusses the changing role of language expertise in asylum tribunals and government bureaux

Part of the book series: Language Policy (LAPO, volume 16)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO): An Introduction

    • Peter L. Patrick
    Pages 1-17

  4. LADO Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Parameters Affecting Reliability in Dialect Attribution

      • Lars Johan Lundberg
      Pages 63-69

    3. The Role of Native Speakers in LADO: Are We Missing a More Important Question?

      • Helen Fraser
      Pages 71-89

    4. LADO as Forensic Speaker Profiling

      • Paul Foulkes, Peter French, Kim Wilson
      Pages 91-116

  5. Complicating Factors and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Language and Origin: The Perspective of Multilingualism

      • Pieter Muysken
      Pages 119-130

    3. Trouble in LADO-Land: How the Brain Deceives the Ear

      • Dennis R. Preston
      Pages 131-154

    4. Language Attrition as a Problem for LADO

      • Monika S. Schmid
      Pages 155-165

    5. The Case of the Bajunis

      • Derek Nurse
      Pages 167-192

    6. Transnational Languages, Multilinguals and the Challenges for LADO

      • Susan Fitzmaurice
      Pages 193-209

  6. Use and Evaluation of LADO Reports by the State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Legal Aspects of LADO from a European Perspective: Struggling with the Burden of Proof?

      • Sarah Craig, Karin Zwaan
      Pages 213-232

    3. Evaluating Expertise: The Role of Language Analysis in the Asylum Procedure

      • Ralph Severijns
      Pages 233-242

    4. On Forensic Science Expertise

      • Esther M. van Ruth, Michel M. A. Smithuis
      Pages 243-252

    5. Quality Assurance in LADO: Issues of Validity

      • Tim McNamara, Doris Schüpbach
      Pages 253-271
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About this book

This comprehensive, up-to-date volume reports on current practices and use of Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO). Readers will find chapters on how it is done, where it is used, how it is used, and learn about recent developments on the use of LADO reports in judicial practice, and current controversies in the field. LADO is a highly controversial topic, and a relatively new branch of forensic linguistics that is used by most European and some non-European governments. When asylum seekers cannot submit documentary proof of their origin, their language can be analysed in order to assess whether their linguistic profile is in accordance with their stated origin. Around 10,000 such language analyses take place annually. This volume is based on the series of meetings of the Language and Asylum Research Group held between 2010 and 2012 and convened by the editors, and offers a state-of-the art perspective from researchers, practitioners, policymakers and stakeholders working on or with LADO.

Reviews

“This is an important and much-needed book. Linguistic Analysis for Determination of Origin (LADO) is a highly-contested procedure, whether it is used positively to grant asylum or negatively to return asylum seekers to their (supposed) country of origin. In a succession of informative, eminently readable and tellingly illustrated chapters, the authors provide an impressively up-to-date overview of the field. Many chapters refer to the need to update the 2004 Guidelines for the Use of Language Analysis in relation to Questions of National Origin in Refugee Cases. This book would be an obvious starting point for any group charged with this task.” (Professor David Little, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Essex, Wivenhoe, Colchester, UK

    Peter L. Patrick, Monika S. Schmid

  • Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Karin Zwaan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin

  • Book Subtitle: Current Perspectives and New Directions

  • Editors: Peter L. Patrick, Monika S. Schmid, Karin Zwaan

  • Series Title: Language Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79003-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79001-5Published: 08 November 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07701-3Published: 08 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-79003-9Published: 24 October 2018

  • Series ISSN: 1571-5361

  • Series E-ISSN: 2452-1027

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Educational Policy and Politics, Public Policy

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