SPEECH PORTRAITURE AS A TOOL OF FORENSIC STYLOMETRY RESEARCH OF CONFLICTOGENIC TEXTS

Abstract

The paper analyses possibilities and advantages of the method of speech portraiture of the author of a conflictogenic text in linguoexpert research. The point of view presented in the article is based on the understanding of the category ‘author of the text’ in correlation with the category ‘linguistic personality’ in the interpretation of the method of speech portraiture of the author of a conflictogenic text. The paper investigates methodological approaches to speech portraiture in linguoexpert research. A set of differential features of speech portraiture as a tool of diagnostic research of conflictogenic texts is proposed. The method of speech portraiture is considered as a tool that allows to detect levels and models of linguistic personality reconstruction, stable manifestations of the author’s speech and thinking skills in the product of speech activity, which gives grounds to speak about the effectiveness of using speech portraiture as an expert tool for revealing the signs of the author of a conflictogenic text. The main objective of the paper is to justify theoretically the expediency of using the method of speech portraiture in the process of linguoexpert research and to specify the concept of ‘speech portrait of the author of the text’ in relation to the forensic stylometry.