Dr Samuel Larner
Dr Samuel Larner FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
PhD in Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
MA in Forensic Linguistics, Cardiff University
BA (Hons) Linguistics, Lancaster University
Other academic service (administration and management)
2019 — 2022: Steering Committee Member, Manchester Centre for Youth Studies
2018 — 2019: Postgraduate Linguistics Network Leader
2017 — 2019: Programme Leader, MSc Communication, Behaviour and Credibility Analysis
2015 — 2017: Head of Level 5
External examiner roles
2016 — 2020, External Examiner for English Language, De Montfort University
Projects
2020 — 2022: The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications and impacts for policy, practice and justice-involved children led by Professor Hannah Smithson:
COVID-19 and Youth Justice · Manchester Metropolitan University (mmu.ac.uk)
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Larner, S. (2014) Forensic Authorship Analysis and the World Wide Web.
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Chapters in books
Larner, S., McGlashan, M. (2023) 'How children talk about domestic abuse in the home: Insights for practitioners.' Children and Adolescent’s Experiences of Violence and Abuse at Home: Current Theory, Research and Practitioner Insights. pp. 146-164.
Larner, S.D. (2019) 'Formulaic Sequences as a Potential Marker of Deception: A preliminary investigation.' Palgrave Handbook of Deceptive Communication. Palgrave Macmillan,
Larner, S. (2018) 'Forensic Linguistics.' The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology. pp. 703-718.
Larner, S.D. 'Formulaic Word N-grams as Markers of Forensic Authorship Attribution: Identification of recurrent n-grams in adult L1 English writers’ short personal narratives.' Phraseology in Legal and Institutional Settings. A Corpus-based Interdisciplinary Perspective. Routledge,
Larner, S.D. 'Research Methods in Forensic Linguistics.' The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology. Palgrave,
Larner, S., McGlashan, M. 'Children’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse: Reports of feelings in online peer-to-peer self-disclosures.' Children and adolescent’s experiences of violence and abuse at home: current theory, research and practitioner insights. Taylor and Francis,
Taylor,, P.J., Larner, S.D., Conchie, S.M., Van Der Zee, S. (2014) 'Cross-cultural deception detection.' In Granhag, P.A., Verschuere, B. (ed.) Deception Detection: current challenges and new approaches. London: Wiley, pp. 175-201.
Tomblin, S.D. (2012) 'Coulthard, Malcolm.' The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell,
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Reports
Worsley, R., Beckett, A., Baker, C., Wong, K., Larner, S., Bailey, G., Osmon, S., Roberts, A., Meadows, L. (2024) Exploring the Production and Utilisation of Pre-sentence Reports (PSRs) in the Youth Justice System. IPSOS UK for UK Government.
Gray, P., Smithson, H., Nisbet, A., Larner, S., Jump, D. (2022) The Youth Justice System's response to the Covid-19 pandemic - YOTs' adaptations and challenges to service delivery : a national picture. Manchester Centre for Youth Studies.
Smithson, H., Nisbet, A., Larner, S., Gray, P., Jump, D. (2022) The Youth Justice System's Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic - Partnership Working. Manchester Centre for Youth Studies (MCYS).
Smithson, H., Nisbet, A., Larner, S., Gray, P., Jump, D. (2022) The Youth Justice System's Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic - Children's Welfare Needs and Vulnerabilities. Manchester Centre fro Youth Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Smithson, H., Gray, P., Jump, D., Larner, S., Nisbet, A. (2021) The Youth Justice System's Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: research paper. Manchester Centre for Youth Studies.
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Journal articles
Larner, S., Smithson, H. (2023) 'How can you punish a child for something that happened over a year ago?’ The impacts of COVID-19 on child defendants and implication for youth courts.' The Journal of Criminal Law, 87(4) pp. 252-265.
Larner, S. (2022) 'Facilitating Children’s Informal Disclosures of Sexual Abuse: The Role of Online Counsellors at a National Children’s Helpline.' Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: research, treatment and program innovations for victims, survivors and offenders, 31(3) pp. 276-296.
Delgaram-Nejad, O., Chatzidamianos, G., Archer, D., Larner, S. (2021) 'What is linguistics creativity in schizophrenia?.' Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 11(2) pp. 194-216.
Taylor, P.J., Larner, S., Conchie, S.M., Menacere, T. (2020) 'Erratum: Culture moderates changes in linguistic selfpresentation and detail provision when deceiving others': Correcting 'Culture moderates' (R. Soc. open. sci. (2017) 4 (170128) DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170128).' Royal Society Open Science, 7(10)
Larner, S.D., Taylor, P.J., Conchie, S., Menacere, T. (2017) 'Culture Moderates Changes in Linguistic Self-presentation and Detail Provision when Deceiving Others.' Royal Society Open Science, 4(6)
Larner, S.D. (2017) 'Using a core word to identify different forms of semantically related formulaic sequences and their potential as a marker of authorship.' Corpora, 11(3) pp. 343-369.
Larner, S. (2015) 'From intellectual challenges to established corpus techniques: introduction to the special issue on forensic linguistics.' Corpora, 10
Larner, S.D. (2014) 'Book Review: A comparative review of The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics and The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law.' Language and Law—Linguagem e Direito, 1(1) pp. 194-197.
Larner, S. (2014) 'A preliminary investigation into the use of fixed formulaic sequences as a marker of authorship.' International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 21(1)
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Conference papers
Larner, S.D. (2011) 'Investigating Formulaic Language as a Marker of Authorship.' In The International Association of Forensic Linguists’ Tenth Biennial Conference. Aston University, Birmingham, 7/2011 - Tomblin, S.D., MacLeod, N., Sousa-Silva, R., Coulthard, M. (ed.)
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Scholarly editions
Larner, S.D. (2015) Forensic Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics: Corpora. Edinburgh University Press.
Larner, S.D., Coulthard, R.M., MacLeod, N., Sousa-Silva, R. (2012) Proceedings of The International Association of Forensic Linguists' Tenth Biennial Conference.