An 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.

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.

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