Forensic Communication in Theory and Practice

Franca Orletti is Full Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Human Studies at the University of Roma Tre, Italy. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, discourse analysis and linguistic pragmatics.Laura Mariottini is Adjunct Professor of Spanish Language and Translation in the Department of Political Sciences of the University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy. Her research interests and outcomes are concentrated in three areas of Spanish linguistics, namely interactional pragmatics, Spanish for Specific Purposes, and discourse analysis.

'The book's emphasis on idiolect as individual's gradual and operational language variation through accumulative ways of meaning making within specific social cultural contexts, both provides readers with a convenient theoretical tool for forensic transcription, authentication and discourse analysis, and helps readers realize the complexity of forensic communication that necessitates the dialectical integration of different perspectives, paradigms, tools and approaches. [...] The book will be a useful resource for a variety of readers, including both researchers and practitioners who are interested in the theory and practice of forensic communication.'Renhua Wang, Nanjing Institute of Technology, ChinaDiscourse Studies 20/5 (2008)