Abstract
Forensic speech science is the application of speech analysis methods to forensic recordings; in many jurisdictions this is predominantly the application of sociophonetics. Sociophonetics and forensic speech science have developed as independent research areas with their own aims, methodologies and identities, and the gap between the fields has arguably grown bigger in recent years. Yet, there is much to be gained for both fields from closer collaboration through sharing methods, data, and knowledge. We will argue that this is more important now given the increasing demands on forensic science to more rigorously and empirically test and validate methods, and current trends in sociophonetics towards understanding how different linguistic variables are used by speakers to enact different identities in different situations. In this paper, we review the relationship between sociophonetics and forensic speech science. We also outline how developments in both fields can, and do, directly contribute to improving the quality of forensic voice evidence, as well as informing theoretical and practical aspects of sociophonetics.
Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to Paul Foulkes, Philip Harrison, Carmen Llamas, Richard Rhodes, and Dominic Watt for their input on previous drafts of this paper. We also thank the Area Editor, Guest Editor, and one anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- State of the art: current methodological innovations in sociophonetics
- Changing perspectives on /s/ and gender over time in Glasgow
- Sharing innovative methods, data and knowledge across sociophonetics and forensic speech science
- Sociophonetic perspectives on stylistic diversity in speech research
- Assessing the accuracy of existing forced alignment software on varieties of British English
- Exploring vowel formant estimation through simulation-based techniques
- Recognising regional varieties of Danish
Artikel in diesem Heft
- State of the art: current methodological innovations in sociophonetics
- Changing perspectives on /s/ and gender over time in Glasgow
- Sharing innovative methods, data and knowledge across sociophonetics and forensic speech science
- Sociophonetic perspectives on stylistic diversity in speech research
- Assessing the accuracy of existing forced alignment software on varieties of British English
- Exploring vowel formant estimation through simulation-based techniques
- Recognising regional varieties of Danish