Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
3. Contents VII
4. Acknowledgements IX
5. Preface XI
6. Part I: Romance Forensic Linguistics and its Experts
7. 1 The Context of Romance Forensic Linguistics 1
8. 2 Expert Evidence Regulation in the Romance Language Countries 19
9. Part II: Overview of Forensic Linguistics in Romance Languages
10. 3 Forensic Linguistics in Brazil: Research and Practice 39
11. 4 Forensic Linguistics in Romania: The Journey from Jurilinguistics to Language as Evidence 59
12. 5 Forensic Linguistics in France 85
13. Part III: Focus Research and Practice on Language as Evidence in Romance Languages
14. 6 Dealing with Mitigation in Borderline Hate Speech Cases: Uncovering the Role of Deontic Modals and Scalar Focus Particles in a Lawsuit about Hate Speech and Incitement to Terrorism 107
15. 7 Forensic Linguistics in Italy: Discourse Markers in Asylum Interpreting – Construing Evidence 135
16. 8 Mafia Language Analysis and Detection Using Natural Language Processing Tools 171
17. 9 He Makes Me, He Tells Me, “Do It or You Won’t Have Your Cellphone”: An Analysis of Reported Speech in the Narratives of Child Victims of Sexual Abuse 203
18. 10 Using Grice’s Cooperative Principle as an Interactional-Pragmatic Approach in Assessing the Credibility of Child Witness Allegations of Sexual Abuse 225
19. Part IV: Forensic Phonetics: Voice as Evidence
20. 11 Forensic Phonetics in Brazil: Analysis of Voice and Speech as Evidence 265
21. 12 Pasaporte Vocal: Profiling Suspects through the Analysis of Their Speech 293
22. 13 An Exploratory Forensic Study of Intra- and Inter-Speaker Variability in Voicing Patterns of /s/ in a Multilingual Context 317
23. About the Authors 355
24. Subject Index 363