In the context of Judiciary or Forensic Linguistics, this paper shows the results of a study on rhotic consonants in prepausal position (in the spontaneous speech of central peninsular Spanish) in order to assess their forensic value for identifying speak

  • Beatriz Blecua Departamento de Filología y Comunicación. Universitat de Girona
  • Jordi Cicres Institut de Recerca Educativa. Universitat de Girona
  • Juana Gil Laboratorio de Fonética. ILLA. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2014.v31.n1.51021
Keywords: rhotics, forensic phonetics, speaker identification

Abstract

In the context of Judiciary or Forensic Linguistics, this paper shows the results of a study on rhotic consonants in prepausal position (in the spontaneous speech of central peninsular Spanish) in order to assess their forensic value for identifying speakers. The variables that have been analysed are the number of components and the acoustic features of the first and second components of the consonant, which correspond to the closure and opening phases, respectively. The results have shown some significant differences amongst speakers, which is why the rhotics are considered a useful segmental element in comparing speech samples on judiciary purposes

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Published
2015-11-11
How to Cite
Blecua B., Cicres J. y Gil J. (2015). In the context of Judiciary or Forensic Linguistics, this paper shows the results of a study on rhotic consonants in prepausal position (in the spontaneous speech of central peninsular Spanish) in order to assess their forensic value for identifying speak. Revista de Filología Románica, 31(1), 13-35. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2014.v31.n1.51021
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Vol. 31 (2014): Núm. Especial
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