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Dr Michelle Aldridge-Waddon
BA, PhD (Wales)
Dirprwy Bennaeth yr Ysgol a Phennaeth Pwnc, Deon Cyswllt ar gyfer Cydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant ar gyfer Coleg y Celfyddydau, y Dyniaethau a'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth
- AldridgeM@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 79017
- Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 3.35, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwyg
I am a member of the Centre for Language and Communication Research.
Postgraduate Students
Michelle is interested in supervising PhD students in all areas related to child language acquisition, communication disorders, forensic linguistics and electronic language production.
If you are interested in coming to Cardiff to explore one (or more) of these topics, please contact me to discuss the opportunities offered at Cardiff University in terms of MA studies, PhD research or collaboration.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Pereira, T. and Aldridge, M. 2023. "Show me what happened": Low technology communication aids used in intermediary mediated police investigative interviews with vulnerable witnesses with an intellectual disability. The International Journal of Evidence & Proof 27(1), pp. 83-104. (10.1177/13657127221140469)
2022
- Baker, G. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2022. Children’s humour development: A linguistic perspective. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development 10(3), pp. 572-600.
- Asp, E. and Aldridge, M. eds. 2022. Empirical evidences and theoretical assumptions in functional linguistics. New York, USA: Routledge. (10.4324/9780429031427)
- Aldridge, M. and Steel, K. 2022. The role of metaphor in police first response call-outs in cases of suspected domestic abuse. In: Šeškauskienė, I. ed. Metaphor in Legal Discourse. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 224-241.
- Aldridge, M. and Fontaine, L. 2022. Keystroke logging data: What can it tell us about mode and written language production?. In: Asp, E. and Aldridge, M. eds. Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 37-59., (10.4324/9780429031427-3)
- Fontaine, L. and Aldridge, M. 2022. Introduction. In: Asp, E. and Aldridge, M. eds. Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 1-6., (10.4324/9780429031427-1)
2021
- Ylanne, V., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Bartlett, T. 2021. Managing information, interaction and team building in nurse shift-change handovers: a case study. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 16(1), pp. 51-75.
- Baker, G. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2021. Disambiguating ambiguity: Providing a framework for classifying types of ambiguity. Linguistics and the Human Sciences 14(3), pp. 237-260. (10.1558/lhs.19339)
- Lloyd, H., Bartlett, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Ylanne, V. 2021. Opening up space for compassion in nurses' handover meetings. Communication and Medicine 16(3), pp. 224-237. (10.1558/cam.38920)
2020
- Bartlett, T., Ylanne, V., Spilioti, T. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2020. Nursing handovers as unbounded and scalar events. Applied Linguistics Review 12(3), pp. 401-418. (10.1515/applirev-2019-0135)
2019
- Spilioti, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Bartlett, T. and Ylanne, V. 2019. Conceptualizing language awareness in healthcare communication: The case of nurse shift-change handover meetings. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 207-226. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636803)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2019. Police delivery of the opt-out procedure for children's court evidence: evidence of inadequate language awareness. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 166-185. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636804)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Fontaine, L. 2019. The role of working memory in typing fluency: a new perspective on writing activity. In: Sullivan, K. and Lindgren, E. eds. Observing Writing: Logging Handwriting and Computer Keystrokes. Leiden: Brill Editions, pp. 285-305.
2018
- Aldridge-Waddon, M., Fontaine, L., Bowen, N. and Smith, T. 2018. A new perspective on word association: how keystroke logging informs strength of word association. Word 64, pp. 218-234. (10.1080/00437956.2018.1535365)
2017
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2017. Adverse conceptual representations of children in rape and sexual assault cases in England and Wales, in legal processes and the media. Textus: English Studies in Italy 1, pp. 101-122. (10.7370/87668)
2015
- Fontaine, L. M. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2015. The impact of mode on writing processes: a cognitive functional perspective on student writing. LyCE Estudios 17, pp. 9-34.
2013
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2013. Do you kick a dog when it’s down? Considering the use of children’s video-taped testimonies in court.. In: Freeman, M. and Smith, F. eds. Law and Language. Current Legal Issues Vol. 16. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 292-309.
2012
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2012. Linguistic disadvantage in legal contexts. In: Chapelle, C. ed. The Encyclopaedia of Applied Linguistics. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, pp. n/a., (10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0715)
2011
- Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2011. Constructing vulnerability: The experience of children and other groups within legal discourse. In: Candlin, C. N. and Crichton, J. eds. Discourses of Deficit. Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25-41.
- Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2011. Paedophiles and politeness in e-mail communications: It's not about the children. Journal of Politeness Research 7(1), pp. 21-42. (10.1515/jplr.2011.002)
2010
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2010. Vulnerable witnesses in the criminal justice system. In: Coulthard, M. and Johnson, A. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 296-314.
2009
- Coupland, N. J. R. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2009. Preface [Editorial]. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 195, pp. 1. (10.1515/IJSL.2009.001)
- Coupland, N. J. R. and Aldridge, M. 2009. A critical approach to the revitalisation of Welsh : introduction. International journal of the sociology of language 195(2009), pp. 5 -13.
- Coupland, N. J. R. and Aldridge, M. 2009. Introduction: A critical approach to the revitalization of Welsh. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 195, pp. 5-13.
2008
- Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2008. Vulnerable witnesses and problems of portrayal: A consideration of videotaped police interviews in child rape cases. Journal of English Linguistics 36(3), pp. 266-284. (10.1177/0075424208321205)
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge, M. 2008. Language and vulnerable witnesses across legal contexts. Journal of English linguistics 36(3), pp. 191-284.
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge, M. 2008. Language and vulnerable witnesses across legal contexts: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of English Linguistics, Special Issue: The Language of vulnerable witnesses across legal contexts 36(3), pp. 191-195. (10.1177/0075424208321209)
2007
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2007. Linguistic manipulations in legal discourse: Framing questions and ‘smuggling’ information. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 14(1), pp. 85-107.
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2007. Conceptual manipulation by metaphors and frames: Dealing with rape victims in legal discourse. Text and Talk 27(3), pp. 339-359. (10.1515/TEXT.2007.014)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2007. The questioning of child witnesses: a comparison of the child's linguistic experience in the initial interview and in the courtroom cross-examination. In: Janet, C. ed. The Language of Sexual Crime. Palgrave, pp. 63-82.
2006
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge, M. 2006. Conceptual mappings and 'smuggling' information in witness testimonies. In: Skilters, J. ed. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication. Manhattan: KS New Prairie Press
1998
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. J. 1998. Interviewing children: A guide for child care and forensic practitioners.. Wiley & Son.
Articles
- Pereira, T. and Aldridge, M. 2023. "Show me what happened": Low technology communication aids used in intermediary mediated police investigative interviews with vulnerable witnesses with an intellectual disability. The International Journal of Evidence & Proof 27(1), pp. 83-104. (10.1177/13657127221140469)
- Baker, G. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2022. Children’s humour development: A linguistic perspective. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development 10(3), pp. 572-600.
- Ylanne, V., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Bartlett, T. 2021. Managing information, interaction and team building in nurse shift-change handovers: a case study. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 16(1), pp. 51-75.
- Baker, G. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2021. Disambiguating ambiguity: Providing a framework for classifying types of ambiguity. Linguistics and the Human Sciences 14(3), pp. 237-260. (10.1558/lhs.19339)
- Lloyd, H., Bartlett, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Ylanne, V. 2021. Opening up space for compassion in nurses' handover meetings. Communication and Medicine 16(3), pp. 224-237. (10.1558/cam.38920)
- Bartlett, T., Ylanne, V., Spilioti, T. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2020. Nursing handovers as unbounded and scalar events. Applied Linguistics Review 12(3), pp. 401-418. (10.1515/applirev-2019-0135)
- Spilioti, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Bartlett, T. and Ylanne, V. 2019. Conceptualizing language awareness in healthcare communication: The case of nurse shift-change handover meetings. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 207-226. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636803)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2019. Police delivery of the opt-out procedure for children's court evidence: evidence of inadequate language awareness. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 166-185. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636804)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M., Fontaine, L., Bowen, N. and Smith, T. 2018. A new perspective on word association: how keystroke logging informs strength of word association. Word 64, pp. 218-234. (10.1080/00437956.2018.1535365)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2017. Adverse conceptual representations of children in rape and sexual assault cases in England and Wales, in legal processes and the media. Textus: English Studies in Italy 1, pp. 101-122. (10.7370/87668)
- Fontaine, L. M. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2015. The impact of mode on writing processes: a cognitive functional perspective on student writing. LyCE Estudios 17, pp. 9-34.
- Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2011. Paedophiles and politeness in e-mail communications: It's not about the children. Journal of Politeness Research 7(1), pp. 21-42. (10.1515/jplr.2011.002)
- Coupland, N. J. R. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2009. Preface [Editorial]. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 195, pp. 1. (10.1515/IJSL.2009.001)
- Coupland, N. J. R. and Aldridge, M. 2009. A critical approach to the revitalisation of Welsh : introduction. International journal of the sociology of language 195(2009), pp. 5 -13.
- Coupland, N. J. R. and Aldridge, M. 2009. Introduction: A critical approach to the revitalization of Welsh. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 195, pp. 5-13.
- Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2008. Vulnerable witnesses and problems of portrayal: A consideration of videotaped police interviews in child rape cases. Journal of English Linguistics 36(3), pp. 266-284. (10.1177/0075424208321205)
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge, M. 2008. Language and vulnerable witnesses across legal contexts. Journal of English linguistics 36(3), pp. 191-284.
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge, M. 2008. Language and vulnerable witnesses across legal contexts: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of English Linguistics, Special Issue: The Language of vulnerable witnesses across legal contexts 36(3), pp. 191-195. (10.1177/0075424208321209)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2007. Linguistic manipulations in legal discourse: Framing questions and ‘smuggling’ information. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 14(1), pp. 85-107.
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2007. Conceptual manipulation by metaphors and frames: Dealing with rape victims in legal discourse. Text and Talk 27(3), pp. 339-359. (10.1515/TEXT.2007.014)
Book sections
- Aldridge, M. and Steel, K. 2022. The role of metaphor in police first response call-outs in cases of suspected domestic abuse. In: Šeškauskienė, I. ed. Metaphor in Legal Discourse. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 224-241.
- Aldridge, M. and Fontaine, L. 2022. Keystroke logging data: What can it tell us about mode and written language production?. In: Asp, E. and Aldridge, M. eds. Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 37-59., (10.4324/9780429031427-3)
- Fontaine, L. and Aldridge, M. 2022. Introduction. In: Asp, E. and Aldridge, M. eds. Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 1-6., (10.4324/9780429031427-1)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. and Fontaine, L. 2019. The role of working memory in typing fluency: a new perspective on writing activity. In: Sullivan, K. and Lindgren, E. eds. Observing Writing: Logging Handwriting and Computer Keystrokes. Leiden: Brill Editions, pp. 285-305.
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2013. Do you kick a dog when it’s down? Considering the use of children’s video-taped testimonies in court.. In: Freeman, M. and Smith, F. eds. Law and Language. Current Legal Issues Vol. 16. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 292-309.
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2012. Linguistic disadvantage in legal contexts. In: Chapelle, C. ed. The Encyclopaedia of Applied Linguistics. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, pp. n/a., (10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0715)
- Aldridge, M. and Luchjenbroers, J. 2011. Constructing vulnerability: The experience of children and other groups within legal discourse. In: Candlin, C. N. and Crichton, J. eds. Discourses of Deficit. Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25-41.
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2010. Vulnerable witnesses in the criminal justice system. In: Coulthard, M. and Johnson, A. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 296-314.
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2007. The questioning of child witnesses: a comparison of the child's linguistic experience in the initial interview and in the courtroom cross-examination. In: Janet, C. ed. The Language of Sexual Crime. Palgrave, pp. 63-82.
- Luchjenbroers, J. and Aldridge, M. 2006. Conceptual mappings and 'smuggling' information in witness testimonies. In: Skilters, J. ed. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication. Manhattan: KS New Prairie Press
Books
- Asp, E. and Aldridge, M. eds. 2022. Empirical evidences and theoretical assumptions in functional linguistics. New York, USA: Routledge. (10.4324/9780429031427)
- Aldridge-Waddon, M. J. 1998. Interviewing children: A guide for child care and forensic practitioners.. Wiley & Son.
Ymchwil
Michelle's main research interest is in the linguistic experiences of vulnerable witnesses and offenders through the legal system. To this end, a great deal of work is ongoing looking at the experiences of children, rape victims, the elderly and people with communication disorders during the initial police interview and subsequent cross-examination and also looking at the language experiences of vulnerable offenders in prison.
Research conducted with Dr. June Luchjenbroers (Bangor University) has fallen within the theoretical approach of 'Cognitive Linguistics' and examines oral narratives; legal transcripts and audio and video-taped conversational data.
A new research area for Michelle, with Lise Fontaine, is the Keystroke Project.
The keystroke project is a study of the human production of electronic language using a keyboard (e.g. email, chat, Facebook, and other types of spontaneous, personal computer-mediated communication). In this study, the analysis would be based on the use of keystroke software (Inputlog) which records all keystrokes made by the speaker.
The main research topics in the project include:
- the influence of "typed" language on linguistic choice
- automatic (online or as it happens) language processing
- typographical errors
- production errors
- evidence of formulaic sequences
- effects of online language processing (synchronous real time exchanges, e.g. chat) and reflective language processing (asynchronous exchanges, e.g. email, discussion forums)
- other relevant topics arising from the data.
Research Interests
My research interests include all aspects of Child language acquisition and adult and child communication disorders. Much of my recent research is in the linguistic experiences of vulnerable witnesses and offenders through the legal system.
Addysgu
I teach modules in Child Language Acquisition, Communication Disorders, Forensic Linguistics and Language and Mind to undergraduate students and Forensic Linguistics at MA level.
I am the Director of studies for Language and Communication.
Bywgraffiad
Michelle is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication.
She was formerly a Senior Lecturer in the Linguistics Department at the University of Wales, Bangor. She has also lectured at the International Summer School in Forensic Linguistics and regularly leads Police training days around the UK on 'Interviewing Vulnerable witnesses'.
Her undergraduate and Masters teaching responsibilities include modules such as Children, Language and Communication; Communication Disorders and Forensic Linguistics.
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Myfyrwyr Ôl-raddedig
Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn goruchwylio myfyrwyr PhD ym mhob maes sy'n gysylltiedig â chaffael iaith plant, anhwylderau cyfathrebu, ieithyddiaeth fforensig a chynhyrchu iaith electronig.
Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn dod i Gaerdydd i archwilio un (neu fwy) o'r pynciau hyn, cysylltwch â mi i drafod y cyfleoedd a gynigir ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd o ran astudiaethau MA, ymchwil PhD neu gydweithredu.
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Kate Steel Steel
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