PDF-Linguistics meets "legalese": syntax, semantics, and jury instruction

Janet Randall 1 and Lucas Graf LSA Annual Meeting Minneapolis January 2 5 2014 1 Background A movement is underway across the US to reform jury instructions the instructions that a j. California revised its jury instructions in 2003, because jurors found many of them incomprehensible and sometimes returned misinformed verdicts (Benson, 1984; Marder, 2006). Now, a Massachusetts tas The Speech Cycle. Signal is initiated in speaker’s brain. Signal articulated by the speech organs. Sound waves travel through the air. motor. neurons. feedback loop. Listener detects the sound waves. Transformation: . An Impossible Dream?. Arend. . Rensink. , University of . Twente. BX Position Statement. Definition of language syntax. Definition of model . transformation. Definition of . language. Richard Hudson. Royal Grammar School, Guildford. May 2014. 1. My main points. ‘Language’ includes English as well as Foreign. Linguistics is the science of language. Linguistics can be. i. nteresting. Applied linguistics. Internet Linguistics. Shaswar. . Kamal. M.. Muhammed. . Bakir. S.. Amanj. Hassan S.. Jihan. . Nizamaddin. A.. Arsalan. Ali Q.. 4th. th. Dec 2011. Internet Linguistics. P. Sebastian. Part 1. What is Syntax?. “Syntax is concerned with how expressions combine with one another to form larger expressions.” . How is grammaticality judged?. “Ask yourself whether you could utter the string in question, whether you have ever heard it uttered, and whether you know or can imagine other native speakers of the same language who would utter it.” . Dick Hudson. Dulwich College. November 2016. Q1. Are meanings relevant?. A puzzle: Japanese ‘hiragana’ phonetic script. How does it work?. Check Wikipedia …. ...or work it out!. Q2. One character per letter/sound?. What does it mean?. Notes from Robert Sebesta Programming Languages. Syntax. Rules for the language. In English some syntax rules are:. Sentence starts with capital letter. Sentence ends with ‘.’, ‘?’, ‘!’. scientific study. of language. . The . word ‘language’ here . means language . in general, not a particular language.. According to Robins (1985), linguistics. is concerned with human language as a universal and recognizable . Chapter 3 Topics. Introduction. The General Problem of Describing Syntax. Formal Methods of Describing Syntax. Attribute Grammars. Describing . the Meanings of Programs: Dynamic Semantics. 1-. 2. Introduction. Article III, Section 2. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” . Judge Michael . Panter. May 31, 2013. SUPREME COURT RULE 239(d). Instructions before opening statements.. “After the jury is selected and before opening statements, the court may orally instruct the jury as follows:. Phil Hubbard. Linguistics/English . for Foreign Students. Linguistics 1. November 30, 2011. . 2. Who am I?. . 3. Outline. Overview of . linguistics . in . language . t. eaching. Key points from Rothman (2010). Dr. William Eggington. Brigham Young University. This presentation begins by assuming that linguistic ways of knowing, analyzing and sharing lead to similar, but unique, positive outcomes. Students trained in linguistic epistemologies, or ways of knowing and thinking, develop valuable abilities that greatly enhance essential life-skills and opportunities for career, personal and interpersonal success. I will review the research related to the development of science and mathematics epistemologies for pedagogical purposes in an effort to develop a model that could be applied to linguistic epistemologies. This will be followed by a critique of the previous, decidedly sparse, work conducted in developing an epistemology of linguistics for pedagogical purposes. I will compare and contrast this work with the proposed model and conclude by suggesting a developmental agenda for linguistic pedagogical practice based upon, not only what we want our students to know about language, but also how we would like them to think about how language functions..