Atrapados por la lengua

Welcome to the dark part of the tongue. This book by Sheila Queralt is not an artistic creation, but the story of a language detective's experience and the real cases that have most influenced her professional career. Of the cases that are no longer subject to summary secrecy or under confidentiality, of course. As a judicial expert in Forensic Linguistics, the author has selected 50 cases in which the contribution of linguistic analysis has been crucial in determining the degree of participation of the alleged criminals. Hence the "forensic" and hence the "linguistic". Because just as we leave our mark on everything we do (open a door, send a message or leave our footprints in the mud), our way of expressing ourselves shows many things about us and linguists trained specifically for it are able to unravel them. From the phonetic expert who knew how to find the clue in the recordings of Anabel Segura's kidnappers or the alleged drug lord from Barcelona who spent 626 days in an Italian prison, to the forensic linguist who analyzes allegations of threats or identity theft.