Introduction to Forensic Phonetics and Forensic Linguistics

This textbook provides a practical introduction to the fields of forensic phonetics and forensic linguistics. Addressing how these fields are both distinct yet closely related, the book demonstrates how experts from both fields can work together to investigate and deliver justice in complex legal situations.

List of contents

About the authors
Acknowledgments
Copyright credits
Chapter 1: Introduction to the book
Chapter 2: Introduction to phonetic analysis
Chapter 3: Speaker profiling
Chapter 4: Speaker comparison
Chapter 5: Earwitness evidence
Chapter 6: Authentication, enhancement, and speech content determination
Chapter 7: Linguistic analysis in the asylum procedure (LAAP)
Chapter 8: Grounding theory - Introduction to linguistic analysis
Chapter 9: Language and meaning
Chapter 10: Language of the judicial process
Chapter 11: Authorship profiling
Chapter 12: Comparative authorship analysis
Chapter 13: Expert witnesses
Index

About the author

Adrian Leemann is Professor of German Sociolinguistics at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Ria Perkins works as a civil servant for the Ministry of Defence, and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics in Birmingham, UK.
Grace Sullivan Buker is a Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication at Northeastern University, USA.
Paul Foulkes is Professor of Linguistics and Phonetics at the University of York, UK.

Summary

This textbook provides a practical introduction to the fields of forensic phonetics and forensic linguistics. Addressing how these fields are both distinct yet closely related, the book demonstrates how experts from both fields can work together to investigate and deliver justice in complex legal situations.

Product details

• Authors: Grace Sullivan Buker, Paul Foulkes, Foulkes Paul, Adrian Leemann, Adrian Perkins Leemann, Leemann Adrian, Ria Perkins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2024
• EAN: 9780367616571
• ISBN: 978-0-367-61657-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Learning About Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Law, LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Forensic Science, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc