An Introduction to Forensic Phonetics and Forensic Linguistics

Adrian Leemann, Ria Perkins, Grace Sullivan Buker , Paul Foulkes

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Routledge
17 December 2024

Semantics; Phonetics, phonology; Grammar, syntax; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Law

Series: Learning about Language

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.

With pedagogical features including real-life case studies, exercises, and links to further reading, topics covered include:

• Profiling from spoken and written texts;

• Disputed meaning, and how meaning is made and evolves;

• Interviewing techniques, including working around those who might be considered linguistically vulnerable;

• Author and speaker determination;

• Audio enhancement and authentication of recordings;

• Language analysis in the asylum procedure (LAAP).

Accompanied by online audio and video resources as well as signposting readers to freely available software to aid their studies, this book is the ideal springboard for students beginning work in forensic phonetics, forensic speech science, forensic linguistics, and law and language.

By: Adrian Leemann, Ria Perkins, Grace Sullivan Buker, Paul Foulkes
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367616571
ISBN 10: 0367616572
Series: Learning about Language
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 17 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.