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John Harris (phonologist)

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John Harris
Born1954
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (PhD)
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity College London
ThesisLinguistic change in a nonstandard dialect: phonological studies in the history of English in Ireland (1983)
Doctoral advisorRoger Lass, Gillian Brown
Other academic advisorsJim Milroy, Lesley Milroy, John C Wells, Nigel Gotteri

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]

Books

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  • Phonological variation and change: studies in Hiberno-English, Cambridge University Press 1985
  • English sound structure, Wiley-Blackwell 1994

References

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  1. ^ "John Harris - Publications". academictree.org.
  2. ^ "FIST Project". www.fistproject.org.
  3. ^ "English Sound Structure | Wiley". Wiley.com.
  4. ^ "English sound structure. By JOHNHARRIS. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994".
  5. ^ Lindsey, Geoff. "Sonic Signatures". John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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