Terminology
Two different types of courtroom interpreting
Consecutive and simultaneous
By what name is Ted Kacynski better known?
The Unabomber
Kamala Harris was found guilty of plagiarism earlier this year
FALSE
A small Irish fast food chain called Supermacs recently won a trademark court case against which company?
McDonalds
The variety and/or use of language unique to an individual
Idiolect
What was Pan Am employee Paul Prinzivalli accused of, and subsequently found to be innocent of based on linguistic testimony?
Making a hoax bomb threat call
The set of statements provided by police in the USA to suspects on arrest is known as the Miranda Warning
TRUE
Which of the following is an example of a genericised trademark:
a) Apple b) KFC c) Trampolene d) Netflix
Trampolene
A collection of linguistic data, either written texts or transcriptions of recorded speech
Corpus
What was significant about the use of language in the following sentence from the Derek Bentley case?
…I then caught a bus to Croydon
The use of 'then' in this sentence was much more typical of language used by a police officer than of a member of the general public
The job of a courtroom interpreter is to provide word for word conversion from one language to another
FALSE
Microsoft, Netflix and Easyjet are all examples of which kind of trademark?
Generic, Suggestive, Fanciful or Arbitrary?
Suggestive
The relation connecting two words that occur in proximity to each other far more frequently than expected by chance alone, e.g. 'fast food', 'fire alarm', 'make the bed'
Collocation
How many years was the longest prison sentence given in the UK for crimes associated with trolling?
9
Tag questions are a common feature of cross-examination.
TRUE
Apple, Shell and Amazon are all examples of which kind of trademark?
Generic, Suggestive, Fanciful or Arbitrary?
Arbitrary
A word or pronunciation that distinguishes people of one group or class from those of another
Shibboleth
Which British city was the author of the Ripper Hoax recordings correctly identified by linguists as being from?
Sunderland
In relation to lone-actor terrorism, 'TVM' stands for Terrorist Video Message
FALSE (Targeted Violence Manifesto)
Kodak, Xerox and Pepsi are all examples of what type of trademark?
Generic, Suggestive, Fanciful or Arbitrary?
Fanciful