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.

"An Introduction to Forensic Phonetics and Forensic Linguistics is an authoritative and timely introduction to the use of linguistic science in the courtroom, providing the theoretical background and a practical discussion of the intricacies of speaker identification, earwitness accuracy, dialect variation, and other evidentiary issues. This book will be of value to experts in the fields of linguistics and phonetics, as a guide to solid forensic practices, and also to those present in the courtroom, as a caution against inferring greater reliability than an expert has claimed. Academics in these fields have been waiting for years for a book of this calibre to appear."Sandra Ferrari Disner, University of Southern California, USA"This is a well-designed textbook covering a wide range of topics in an engaging and accessible way, with interesting case-studies and plenty of exercises - all with suggested answers. It offers a valuable way to set beginners up to delve more deeply into the legal and scientific challenges of using language as forensic evidence. Highly recommended, not just for classes but for anyone with a general interest in forensic phonetics and linguistics."Prof. Helen Fraser - Director, Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, University of Melbourne

• About the authorsAcknowledgmentsCopyright creditsChapter 1: Introduction to the bookChapter 2: Introduction to phonetic analysisChapter 3: Speaker profilingChapter 4: Speaker comparisonChapter 5: Earwitness evidenceChapter 6: Authentication, enhancement, and speech content determinationChapter 7: Linguistic analysis in the asylum procedure (LAAP)Chapter 8: Grounding theory – Introduction to linguistic analysisChapter 9: Language and meaningChapter 10: Language of the judicial processChapter 11: Authorship profilingChapter 12: Comparative authorship analysisChapter 13: Expert witnessesIndex

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.

"An Introduction to Forensic Phonetics and Forensic Linguistics is an authoritative and timely introduction to the use of linguistic science in the courtroom, providing the theoretical background and a practical discussion of the intricacies of speaker identification, earwitness accuracy, dialect variation, and other evidentiary issues. This book will be of value to experts in the fields of linguistics and phonetics, as a guide to solid forensic practices, and also to those present in the courtroom, as a caution against inferring greater reliability than an expert has claimed. Academics in these fields have been waiting for years for a book of this calibre to appear."Sandra Ferrari Disner, University of Southern California, USA"This is a well-designed textbook covering a wide range of topics in an engaging and accessible way, with interesting case-studies and plenty of exercises - all with suggested answers. It offers a valuable way to set beginners up to delve more deeply into the legal and scientific challenges of using language as forensic evidence. Highly recommended, not just for classes but for anyone with a general interest in forensic phonetics and linguistics."Prof. Helen Fraser - Director, Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, University of Melbourne

• About the authorsAcknowledgmentsCopyright creditsChapter 1: Introduction to the bookChapter 2: Introduction to phonetic analysisChapter 3: Speaker profilingChapter 4: Speaker comparisonChapter 5: Earwitness evidenceChapter 6: Authentication, enhancement, and speech content determinationChapter 7: Linguistic analysis in the asylum procedure (LAAP)Chapter 8: Grounding theory – Introduction to linguistic analysisChapter 9: Language and meaningChapter 10: Language of the judicial processChapter 11: Authorship profilingChapter 12: Comparative authorship analysisChapter 13: Expert witnessesIndex