ABSTRACT

A voice is much more than just a string of words. Voices, unlike fingerprints, are inherently complex. They signal a great deal of information in addition to the intended message: the speakers' sex, for example, or their emotional state, or age. Although evidence from DNA analysis grabs the headlines, DNA can't talk. It can't be recorded planning,

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|22 pages

Forensic-phonetic parameters

chapter 4|26 pages

Expressing the outcome

chapter 7|20 pages

Phonemics

chapter 8|74 pages

Speech acoustics

chapter 9|8 pages

Speech perception

chapter 10|26 pages

What is a voice?

chapter 12|10 pages

Summary and envoi