Papers by Malcolm Coulthard
DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 2003
The Handbook of Discourse Analysis
This article introduces and exemplifies a pervasive linguistic feature of literary and non-litera... more This article introduces and exemplifies a pervasive linguistic feature of literary and non-literary texts, the matching relation, and then sets out to demonstrate how matching relations are a basic organising device of the Borges short story. A close examination of the text shows how carefully constructed and worded the original is and how important clues are conveyed through the matching relations. A brief comparison of several translations shows that some of these crucial matching relations are obscured by careles translation
REVEL-I suppose we can say that Forensic Linguistics is still a not very well known area among th... more REVEL-I suppose we can say that Forensic Linguistics is still a not very well known area among the language studies. Could you tell us what is the object of Forensic Linguistics? COULTHARD-Forensic linguistics is the area of Applied Linguistics involved with the interrelationship between Language and the Law. It can usefully be subdivided into three areas: the Written Language of the Law, Interaction in Legal Contexts and
Cadernos de Linguagem e Sociedade, Jun 28, 2013
This article is concerned with Product Warnings. We review what linguists Dumas, Fraser and Shuy ... more This article is concerned with Product Warnings. We review what linguists Dumas, Fraser and Shuy have said about the definition and evaluation of Warnings before moving on to examine real world texts. We then analyse in detail a set of Brazilian hair dye warnings in order to see what comprehension problems they create for their Readers and in what ways they are deficient. The article ends with a detailed analysis of a set of warning texts taken from a Canadian court case in which a man was suing a company that manufactured BBQs for compensation after a BBQ exploded causing third degree burns to his son. He claimed that the product warnings were inadequate.
International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 2014
Maite, as she was universally known within the academic community died on 24 th April 2013 after ... more Maite, as she was universally known within the academic community died on 24 th April 2013 after a long ght with leukaemia. She is survived by her daughter, Julia and her 2-year old granddaughter Alice, who brought great joy to the last months of her life. Everyone who met Maite for the rst time was struck by her energy, enthusiasm, determination and perspicacity. Those who were lucky enough to count themselves among her many friends bene tted from her warmth, kindness and an amazing generosity with her time. We are honoured to have been invited to write this appreciation. One of Maite's most attractive features was her pioneering spirit, which was present throughout her academic career. Her doctoral dissertation, as well as much of her research during the 1980s and 90s, introduced Spanish academics to the main theoretical and methodological principles of sociolinguistics. Her research was, from the beginning, characterized by the scienti c rigour in the treatment of data that would mark her subsequent research in the areas of language contact, multilingualism, language acquisition and latterly forensic linguistics, to which she dedicated most of her academic research and publications in the last twelve years. Indeed, she was instrumental in introducing the eld into Spain running impeccably organised conferences, supervising a wide variety of postgraduate students and creating one of the rst Masters degrees in Forensic Linguistics in the world. In 2003, Maite set up the rst forensic linguistics laboratory in Spain, ForensicLab, within a pre-existing research group that was investigating linguistic variation (UVAL). ForensicLab was based inside the Institute for Applied Linguistics (IULA), at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and under Maite's leadership, became a pioneer in teaching, research and expert witness work in forensic linguistics, not only nationally but also internationally. At the same time Maite, always an enthusiastic and gifted teacher, created and directed the rst Master's Degree in Forensic Linguistics to be o ered in Spanish. Always aware of the di culty of creating a new degree almost single-handedly while at the same time training the next generation of scholars to continue the discipline, she ensured the highest quality input for her students by regularly inviting internationally recognised experts to contribute short intensive courses to her edgling Mestrado.
The Modern Language Review, 1999
Lingua, 1976
The implementation of LINUS 2.0 LBI (Linus Bahasa Inggeris) programme saw the rise of phonologica... more The implementation of LINUS 2.0 LBI (Linus Bahasa Inggeris) programme saw the rise of phonological awareness in the Malaysian education system. Many researchers are of the view that phonological awareness helps young pupils to improve their English proficiency. However, there are also educators who do not adhere to this belief. Therefore, this article aims to discover teachers' perspectives towards equipping young pupils with phonological awareness to improve their English performance. It focuses on teachers' readiness to teach phonological awareness and conducting the LINUS 2.0 LBI programme, the effect of phonological awareness on pupils' English proficiency, the challenges that are encountered by teaachers while implementing phonological awareness and conducting the LINUS 2.0 LBI programme, and the views of English Language teachers towards phonological awareness skills. In order to collect the data, a mixed method research design was used. 38 teachers answered an online questionnaire in order to discover their readiness to teach phonological awareness. The official LINUS 2.0 LBI results from the year 2015 until 2017 of one of the schools in Johor Bahru area were also collected in order to gauge the effectiveness of phonological awareness instruction while interviews were conducted with one foreign and seven local teachers in order to discover their views regarding phonological awareness and the challenges while implementing it in class. The findings revealed that the teachers were fully prepared to teach the skill and were able to produce positive outcomes despite the challenges they faced when implementing it.
Language, 1994
The aim of this book is to present current Birmingham work in the analysis of Spoken Discourse. T... more The aim of this book is to present current Birmingham work in the analysis of Spoken Discourse. The first three 'historical' papers outline the foundation on which the other nine build: Chapter 1 is, with very minor alterations, the central chapter of Towards an Analysis of Discourse (Sinclair and Coulthard 1975); Chapter 2 introduces the Brazil description of intonation assumed in all the later chapters; Chapter 3 is a slightly modified version of sections 1 and 3 of Exchange Structure (Coulthard and Brazil 1979). In republishing these papers we resisted the very strong temptation to rewrite and update, feeling it was more useful to give readers access to these texts very much in their original form, warts and all, particularly as several of the later articles are developments of or reactions to them. Many of the other papers are revised, sometimes substantially revised, versions of papers which first appeared in a restricted-circulation University of Birmingham publication, Discussing Discourse, Papers Presented to David Brazil on his Retirement. Three papers were specially written for this collection: John Sinclair's 'Priorities in discourse analysis' (Chapter 4), David Brazil's 'Listening to people reading' (Chapter 11), and my own 'Forensic discourse analysis' (Chapter 12). In order to give the reader easier access to the work of the Birmingham school I have collected all references from the individual articles together at the end of the book and supplemented them with other relevant publications, in order to form a reference bibliography.
Langage et société, 2010
Dans Langage et société Langage et société 2010/2 (n° 132) 2010/2 (n° 132), pages 15 à 33 Édition... more Dans Langage et société Langage et société 2010/2 (n° 132) 2010/2 (n° 132), pages 15 à 33 Éditions Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme
There is now a large number of linguistic analyses of literary texts but in the main, the analyse... more There is now a large number of linguistic analyses of literary texts but in the main, the analyses fail to satisfy literaty critics -- often the linguist confines himself to a demonstration of how the text works and not what it means and far too often, the analyses presented is text-specific. What I hope to do in this article is present an approach which is not text-specific and which will always give the analyst an insight into the way some of the text's meaning is created and conveyed. There is now a large number of linguistic analyses of literary texts but in the main, the analyses fail to satisfy literaty critics -- often the linguist confines himself to a demonstration of how the text works and not what it means and far too often, the analyses presented is text-specific. What I hope to do in this article is present an approach which is not text-specific and which will always give the analyst an insight into the way some of the text's meaning is created and conveyed.
Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 2007
This article looks at some of the problems faced by linguists who choose to act as expert witness... more This article looks at some of the problems faced by linguists who choose to act as expert witnesses and some of the solutions they have produced. The chapter begins with an illustration drawn from linguistic evidence presented in a famous American trademark case. It then moves on to discuss the laws on expert evidence in different English speaking adversarial jurisdictions, concentrating in some detail on the American Daubert criteria and their significance for linguistic evidence. The chapter then examines and evaluates differing ways of expressing opinions, the semantic and the statistical and ends with examples taken from the author's evidence in two cases which went to Appeal in the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Hi jen tell jak i am ok know ever 1s gona b mad tell them i am sorry.living in Scotland wiv my bo... more Hi jen tell jak i am ok know ever 1s gona b mad tell them i am sorry.living in Scotland wiv my boyfriend.shitting meself dads gona kill me mum dont give a shite.hope nik didnt grass me up.keeping phone of.tell dad car jumps out of gear and stalls put it back in auction.tell him i am sorry (Disputed text message in Jenny Nicholl murder case)
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Papers by Malcolm Coulthard