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University of Leeds: Leeds, GB

2006 to present | Lecturer in English Language (School of English)
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Alison May

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Birmingham: Birmingham, GB

2005 | PhD (School of English)
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Alison May

University of Birmingham: Birmingham, GB

1993-09 to 1994-09 | MA in Special Applications of Linguistics (Distinction) (Centre for English Language Studies)
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Alison May

Works (19)

Other-Repetition to Convey and Conceal the Stance of Institutional Participants in Chinese Criminal Trials

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85182859121

Part of ISSN: 15728722 09528059
Contributors: Chen, Y.; May, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Code-switching as a marked socio-pragmatic discourse strategy in Nigerian police interrogation

Language and Law=Linguagem e Direito
2023 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2183-3745
Contributors: Matthew Adegbite; Alison May
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Alison May via Crossref Metadata Search

Editorial

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85158975245

Part of ISSN: 17488893 17488885
Contributors: Angermeyer, P.; May, A.; McDougall, K.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Engaging with the field while studying language in the legal process: Windows of engagement and normative moorings

Journal of Pragmatics
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85132790884

Part of ISSN: 03782166
Contributors: D'hondt, S.; May, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

"How came you not to cry out?" Pragmatic effects of negative questioning in child rape trials in the Old bailey proceedings 1730-1798

Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
2018 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85050015317

Contributors: Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics

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Alison May

Haunting evidence: Quoting the prisoner in 19<sup>th</sup> century old bailey trial discourse. The defences of Cooper (1842) and McNaughten (1843)

The Pragmatics of Quoting Now and Then
2015 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84957976947

Contributors: Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

'Dr Shipman told you that. . .' The organising and synthesising power of quotation in judicial summing-up

Language and Communication
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84899117287

Contributors: Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Polite incivility in defensive attack: Strategic politeness and impoliteness in cross-examination in the David Irving vs. Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt trial

Journal of Politeness Research
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79551596810

Contributors: Johnson, A.; Clifford, R.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Concluding remarks: Future directions in forensic linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics
2010 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85072658569

Contributors: Coulthard, M.; Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Introduction: Current debates in forensic linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics
2010 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85072657612

Contributors: Johnson, A.; Coulthard, M.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Legal talk: Socio-pragmatic aspects of legal talk: Police interviews and trial discourse

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics
2010 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85053697608

Contributors: Holt, E.; Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Plagiarism: Four forensic linguists' responses to suspected plagiarism

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics
2010 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-84864829454

Contributors: Coulthard, M.; Johnson, A.; Kredens, K.; Woolls, D.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

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Alison May
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AN INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC LINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE IN EVIDENCE. Malcolm Coulthard and Alison Johnson. London: Routledge, 2007. Pp. x + 237.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition
2009-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0272-2631
Part of ISSN: 1470-1545
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Alison May

'From where we're sat ... ': Negotiating narrative transformation through interaction in police interviews with suspects

Text and Talk
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-44449172415

Contributors: Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Changing stories: Achieving a change of state in suspect and witness knowledge through evaluation in political interviews with suspects and witnesses

Functions of Language
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-57749139593

Contributors: Johnson, A.J.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

Suspects' resistance to constraining and coercive questioning strategies in the police interview

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-35148846776

Contributors: Newbury, P.; Johnson, A.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier

The language of mental health nursing reports: Firing paper bullets?

Journal of Advanced Nursing
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033069635

Contributors: Crawford, P.; Johnson, A.J.; Brown, B.J.; Nolan, P.
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Alison May via Scopus - Elsevier