John Harris (phonologist)

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{{Short description|Irish linguist}}

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| birth_date = 1954

| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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| fields = linguistics

| workplaces = University College London

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| education = University of Edinburgh (PhD)

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| thesis_title = Linguistic change in a nonstandard dialect: phonological studies in the history of English in Ireland

| thesis_url = https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/18261

| thesis_year =1983

| doctoral_advisor = Roger Lass, Gillian Brown

| academic_advisors = Jim Milroy, Lesley Milroy, John C Wells, Nigel Gotteri

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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.{{cite web |title=John Harris - Publications |url=https://academictree.org/linguistics/publications.php?pid=736069 |website=academictree.org}}{{cite web |title=FIST Project |url=http://www.fistproject.org/about/ |website=www.fistproject.org}}{{cite web |title=English Sound Structure {{!}} Wiley |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/English+Sound+Structure-p-9780631187417 |website=Wiley.com |language=en-us}}{{cite web |title=English sound structure. By JOHNHARRIS. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994 |url=https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=english_fac_pubs}}

A festschrift in his honor titled Sonic Signatures edited by Geoff Lindsey and Andrew Nevins was published in 2017.{{cite web |last1=Lindsey |first1=Geoff|title=Sonic Signatures |url=https://benjamins.com/catalog/lfab.14 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company |language=English}}