Process, tools and agendas in LADO
A rejoinder
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.20224Keywords:
LADO, variation, Arabic, Kurdish, migrationAbstract
After recapitulating my arguments about methodological flaws in the practices of the company Verified AB in language analysis for the determination of origin (LADO) in asylum procedures, I respond to criticisms of my proposals for an alternative protocol and review the relevance of qualifications, control samples, language variation and scales. I then discuss the interplay of professional competence, ideological bias and understandings of the task and demonstrate the pitfalls of the pre-set framing of the question of the applicants’ background.
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