Abstract
The present paper is dedicated to solving problems at the intersection of linguistics and the legal sphere. In particular, the study presents the experience of linguistic expertise of phonograms in solving the issue of distinguishing the specific semantics of the oral speech of a suspicious person in connection with homonymic phenomena between linguistic units manifested in the judicial process. The process of using the PRAAT computer program to determine the intonation contours of a subject's word is described and the level of reliability in solving the task is assessed. To make an objective conclusion about the semantics of the subject's speech, which has the same sound composition, i.e. the same form, but can express different meanings depending on the features of the prosodic complex, such as intonation, voice intensity, duration, all his speech acts become the subject of research. In this regard, in the linguistic examination of phonogram texts, the method of linguopragmatic analysis is applied, which is aimed at studying the words of the direct addressee (speaking subject), the addressee (listener) and the nature (style) of their interaction, the speech situation, strategies, and tactics of the speech of communicants (addressee and addressee). The paper emphasizes the importance of scientific conclusions in the theory of language in the field of forensic examination.