Ian Maddieson

{{Short description|British-American linguist (1942–2025)}}

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| name = Ian Maddieson

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|09|01}}

| birth_place = Watford, Hertfordshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2025|02|02|1942|09|01}}

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| nationality = British

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| fields = Phonetics, Phonology, Linguistic typology

| workplaces = University of California at Berkeley, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute

| education = Oxford University (BA), University of London (MA) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)

| known_for = Phonetics, Phonological Typology

| spouse = Caroline Smith

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Ian Maddieson (1 September 1942 – 2 February 2025) was a British-American linguist and professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of New Mexico in the United States. He served as Vice-President of the International Phonetic Association, and Secretary of the Association for Laboratory Phonology. Maddieson was born in Watford, England on 1 September 1942.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Personal website|url=https://www.unm.edu/~ianm/bio.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}} He is best known for his work in phonetics, and phonological typology. He spent most of his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, where he often collaborated with Peter Ladefoged in describing the patterns of speech sounds in the world's spoken languages. Maddieson died on 2 February 2025, at the age of 82.{{cite news |title=Passing of Ian Maddieson |url=https://lx.berkeley.edu/news/passing-ian-maddieson |access-date=8 February 2025 |publisher=UC Berkeley |date=5 February 2025}}