Phil Harrison
Academic qualifications:
1999 PhD Linguistics: University of London (UCL).
1994 BA Linguistics (1st): University of London (UCL).
1992 RSA/Cambridge TEFLA certificate.
Most recent publications:
2007 The lost consonants of Atlanta. Language Sciences. 237-246. Abstract available free via Science Direct
2005 Tones and dependency in Yoruba. In: Headhoods, Elements, Specification & Contrastivity (Carr, Philip, Jaques Durand &Colin J Ewen, editors) 107-142. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
2000 Acquiring the phonology of lexical tone in infancy. Lingua 110, 581-616.
1999 Phon-something: a clarification. UCL Working Papers in Linguistics 11, 195-206.
1998 Yoruba babies and unchained melody. UCL Working Papers in Linguistics 10, 33-50.
PhD research involved instrumental investigation of infants acquiring the Nigerian language Yoruba, focussing on their perception of lexical tone. A comparison of their development with that of English-acquiring subjects allowed investigation of some theory-internal phonological predictions.
Subsequent research has also sought to link cross-linguistic comparisons to theoretical issues. A year teaching in Atlanta GA (2000-2001) was partly spent investigating one aspect of a local dialect, resulting in the publication of a new paper in Language Sciences.
Forensic phonetics is an additional interest and he has been employed in this context on numerous occasions by the UK police, the legal profession, and the press.
Contact:philos@amygdali.com