We review our preparation and production of a mock trial designed to give students experience as expert witnesses in forensic linguistics. As part of a senior seminar in Spanish linguistics, students made all pre-trial preparations and presented testimony for a real-world case related to the meaning of the Spanishlanguage nickname negrito. The trial took place in the Model Courtroom of The National Judicial College on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. The courtroom setting included judge, counsel for the plainti and defense, baili , a court-certi ed Spanish-English interpreter, eight student expert-witnesses, and numerous student and faculty observers. This paper is structured to present four aspects of the trial: the instant case; pretrial preparation of all linguistic issues; testimony presented; and student perspectives on the experience of testifying and subsequently presenting this project at a linguistics conference.Resumo. Este artigo apresenta uma revisão da preparação e da produção de um simulacro de julgamento com o objetivo de fornecer aos estudantes experiência como peritos em linguística forense. Intregado num seminário avançado em linguística espanhola, os estudantes prepararam-se para o julgamento e testemunharam num caso real relacionado com o signi cado da alcunha em espanhol negrito. O julgamento teve lugar no Model Courtroom do The National Judicial College no campus da Universidade de Nevada, Reno. O contexto da sala de audiências incluía juiz, advogado de acusão e advogado de defesa, o cial de justiça, um intérprete juramentado Espanhol-Inglês, oito peritos estudantes e diversos estudantes e docentes como público. Este artigo encontra-se estruturado de modo a apresentar quatro partes do julgamento: o caso imediato, a preparação préjulgamento de todas as questões linguísticas, os testemunhos apresentados e as perspetivas dos estudantes sobre a experiência de testemunhar e, depois, a apresentação deste projeto num congresso de linguística.Palavras-chave: Linguística forense, apelidos em espanhol, pragmática intercultural. Breen, J. et al. -A Student Mock Trial in Forensic Linguistics
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