International Journal of Speech Language and the Law

Editors
Ron Butters
Diana Eades
Peter French


Reviews Editor
Please send books for Review to:
Chris Heffer
Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, Humanities Building
Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK

Ph.D Abstracts Editor Please send abstracts of Ph.D.theses for Notice to:
Nicci MacLeod
School of Languages & Social Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET

Once confirmed, abstracts will be freely accessible online and will appear in the printed edition of the journal.

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Mission Statement

The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on any aspect of forensic language, speech and audio analysis. Founded in 1994 as Forensic Linguistics, the journal changed to its present title in 2003 to reflect a broadening of academic coverage and readership. Subscription to the journal is included in membership of the International Association of Forensic Linguists and the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics.

The journal also carries reports on legal cases, Ph.D abstracts, conference reports and book reviews.

Recent articles include:

  • experimental investigations of phonetic parameters to assess their value in forensic speaker identification
  • experimental investigations of different recording media
  • experimental investigations of lay listeners’ perceptions of speech and non-speech sounds
  • analyses of court transcripts
  • analyses of talk in legal settings
  • demonstrations of software programs for analysis of plagiarism
  • demonstrations of analytic tools for tape authentication
  • discussions of the application of Bayesian statistics to language analysis
  • discussions of problems in transcription of spoken language
  • discussions of the use of language analysis in determining asylum claims


Abstracting & Indexing
Linguistics Abstracts Online
ISI Web of Knowedge
Scopus Abstract and Citation Database
EBSCO SocIndex with FullTEXT
ProQuest, Linguistcs and Language Behavior Abstracts

Publication and Frequency: June and December
ISSN: 1748-8885 (print) (formerly Forensic Linguistics: 1350-1771)
ISSN: 1748-8893 (online)