John Harris (born 1954) is a Northern Irish linguist and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London. He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology.[1][2][3][4] A festschrift in his honor titled Sonic Signatures edited by Geoff Lindsey and Andrew Nevins was published in 2017.[5]
John Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Education | University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | linguistics |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Thesis | Linguistic change in a nonstandard dialect: phonological studies in the history of English in Ireland (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Lass, Gillian Brown |
| Other academic advisors | Jim Milroy, Lesley Milroy, John C Wells, Nigel Gotteri |
Books
edit- Phonological variation and change: studies in Hiberno-English, Cambridge University Press 1985
- English sound structure, Wiley-Blackwell 1994
References
edit- ^ "John Harris - Publications". academictree.org.
- ^ "FIST Project". www.fistproject.org.
- ^ "English Sound Structure | Wiley". Wiley.com.
- ^ "English sound structure. By JOHNHARRIS. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994".
- ^ Lindsey, Geoff. "Sonic Signatures". John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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