About John Harris
Born 1954. John Harris is a linguist and phonologist.
John Harris (born 1954) is an Irish linguist and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London. He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology. A festschrift in his honor titled Sonic Signatures edited by Geoff Lindsey and Andrew Nevins was published in 2017.
Books Phonological variation and change: studies in Hiberno-English, Cambridge University Press 1985 English sound structure, Wiley-Blackwell 1994
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British linguist
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John Harris is a linguist and phonologist.
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· DBpedia: John Harris (phonologist)
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