Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics

Dr R. Sandra EVANS

Lecturer - Linguistics, Coordinator, English Language and Literature with Education (ELLE)

Office

Room 326, 3rd Floor West, School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Education
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Phone: (868) 662-2002, Ext. 83493
Fax: (868) 663-5059
E-mail: Sandra.Evans@sta.uwi.edu

Education

• PhD Candidate in Linguistics, UWI
• MA in Linguistics, Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail
• BA Linguistics, UWI

Research Interests

• Forensic Linguistics/language and the Law
• Language Rights
• Language Policy and Planning
• Creole Linguistics
• Endangered Languages of the Caribbean

Current Courses

• LING 1005 Introduction to Language
• LING 2305 Introduction to Education Linguistics
• LING 2902 Structure and Usage of French-Lexicon Creole I
• LING 2903 Structure and Usage of French-Lexicon Creole I
• LING 3201 Caribbean Dialectology

Conference Presentations

• Evans, R. Sandra. “Sometimes I Interpret for the Interpreter”: The Dynamics of Interpreting In Magistrates’ Courts in St. Lucia. Paper presented at the Society for Caribbean Linguistics 18th Biennial Conference, Barbados, 9-13 August 2010.

• Evans, R. Sandra, with Ian E. Robertson. “We Can Write Those Wrongs”. Paper presented at the Society for Caribbean Linguistics 18th Biennial Conference, Barbados, 9-13 August 2010.

• Evans, R. Sandra. The Dynamics of Interaction in Magistrates’ Courts in St. Lucia”. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law at VU University, Amsterdam, 6-9 July 2009.

• Evans, R. Sandra. Linguistic Disadvantage and Disempowerment: Wavèt douvan poul. Paper presented at the Society for Caribbean Linguistics 16th Biennial Conference, 2-6 August 2006.

• Evans, R. Sandra. The Problem of Court Clerks as ‘Make-shift’ Court Interpreters in St. Lucian Courts. Paper presented at the 7th Biennial Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law at Cardiff University, 1-4 July 2005.