Annina Heini

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Email: a.heini14@aston.ac.uk

Twitter: @AnnieBHeini

Within the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics I am based in the Centre for Forensic Text Analysis. I am currently working on a project dedicated to genre effects on individual language use, where it is investigated whether features of individual idiolectal styles are consistent across the various contexts and modalities. 

My PhD thesis was an investigation into police interview discourse with 17- and 18-year-old suspects. It was analysed how the respective statuses of 'children' vs 'adults' and the associated safeguards for juvenile interviewees are manifested in naturally occurring interview data. The research emplyed methodological tools rooted in Conversation Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis. Of particular interest in this context are the (discursive) role of the Appropriate Adult in interviews with juveniles, as well as discursive orientations to age and status that reveal speakers' ideological attitudes. 

PhD Applied Linguistics, Aston University

MA Forensic Linguistics, Aston University

BA English Language & Literatures, University of Bern (CH)

Undergraduate modules

Language at Work (Module Convenor 2021/22)

Written Text Analysis (Module Convenor - 2021/22)

Introduction to Intercultural Communication (Module Convenor - 2021/22)

Language as Evidence (Seminar Tutor 2016/17, 2018/19)

Language of the Law (Module Convenor - 2017/18)

Advanced Topics in Sociolinguistics (Seminar Tutor - 2016/17)

Postgraduate modules

Practical Applications in Forensic Linguistics (Module Convenor - 2021/22)

Linguistics in Legal Contexts (Module Convenor - 2021/22)

Language as Evidence (Seminar Tutor - 2019/20, 2020/21)

International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL)

International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG)

Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL)

International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)