Dr David Wright is a forensic linguist and lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. His research applies methods of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis in forensic contexts, and aims to help improve the delivery of justice using language analysis. His research spans across a range of intersections between language and the law, evidence, crime and justice. He is co-author of 'An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence' (2nd edn) with Professor Malcolm Coulthard and Dr Alison Johnson.
Experience
–present
Lecturer in forensic linguistics, Nottingham Trent University
2011–2014
PhD student, University of Leeds
Education
2011
University of Leeds, MA in English Language
2010
University of Leeds, BA in English Language
Publications
2017
Using word n-grams to identify authors and idiolects: a corpus approach to a forensic linguistic problem, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 22(2)
2017
An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence, London: Routledge
2014
Identifying idiolect in forensic authorship attribution: an n-gram textbite approach (with Alison Johnson), Language and Law (Linguagem e Direito) 1(1), 37-69.
2013
Stylistic variation within genre conventions in the Enron email corpus: Developing a text-sensitive methodology for authorship research, International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 20(1): 45-75
2012
The accuracy and motivations of semi-phonetic respellings in ‘Summer Bulletin’ dialect literature, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society 111(22), 36-44,
2012
Scrunch, growze, or chobble?: investigating regional variation in sound symbolism in the Survey of English Dialects, Leeds Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics 17
Grants and Contracts
2016
Small Research Grant
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Source:
British Academy/Leverhulme Trust
2011
AHRC Doctoral Scholarship
Role:
Three-year award
Funding Source:
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Professional Memberships
International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL)
British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)