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Dr Nicola Macleod

Research Associate, Centre for Forensic Linguistics (CFL)

Room: MB 741
Phone: 01212043769
Email: n.macleod1@aston.ac.uk

Qualifications & Education

  • BA (Hons) English Language, Bangor University
  • MA (Distinction) Forensic Linguistics, Cardiff University
  • PhD Forensic Linguistics, Aston University

Research Interests

  • Critical Discourse Analysis

  • Language & Representation

  • Language, Power & Ideology, particularly in Forensic Contexts

  • Forensic Text Analysis

  • Language & News Media.

Publications

MacLeod, N. (2013) ‘Forensic Linguistics’ The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. In C.A. Chapelle (ed.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

MacLeod, N. (2013) ‘Solan, Lawrence M.’ The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. In C.A. Chapelle (ed.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

MacLeod, N., & Fennell, B. (2012) ‘Lexical portraits of vulnerable women in war: The 1641 Depositions’ Historical Pragmatics 13(2)

MacLeod, N. (2012) ‘Rogues, villaines & base trulls: Constructing the other in the 1641 Depositions’  in E. Darcy, A. Margey & E. Murphy (eds) The1641 Depositions and the Irish Rebellion.London: Pickering & Chatto. .

MacLeod,N. & Grant, T. (2012) ‘Whose tweet? Authorship analysis of micro-blogs and other short-form messages’ Proceedings of the International Association of Forensic Linguists’ 10th Biennial Conference, 2011.

MacLeod, N. (2011). ‘Risks and benefits of selective (re)presentation of interviewees’ talk: Some insights from discourse analysis’. British Journal of Forensic Practice 13(2)

MacLeod,N. (2009) ‘‘Well did you feel jealous?’ Control & ideology in police interviews with rape complainants’ Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines3 (1), 46 – 57.