An overview of forensic phonetics with particular reference to speaker identification

Authors

  • Peter French University of Birmingham St John's College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.v1i2.169

Keywords:

Forensic phonetics, speaker identification

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the work currently being carried out by forensic phoneticians, particularly in relation to speaker identification. Given the essentially catholic readership of Forensic Linguistics - general linguists, phoneticians and lawyers - it is intended to provide a basic introduction to the development of the field and to some of the working methods and principles that forensic phoneticians currently employ.

Author Biography

  • Peter French, University of Birmingham St John's College
    Peter French (BEd, Leeds; BLing, Manchester, PhD, Bristol; MBAE; FIOA) is the Senior Partner of an independent forensic audio consultancy (JP French Associates), an Honorary Research Fellow of both St John's College, York and the University of Birmingham. He has been consulted as an expert witness on speech and tape recordings on some 2,000 occasions, and is Chairman of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics.

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Published

1994-12-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (1994)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

French, P. (1994). An overview of forensic phonetics with particular reference to speaker identification. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law, 1(2), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.v1i2.169