Philip Carr (linguist)
Philip Carr (25 September 1953 – 30 March 2020) was a British linguist and Emeritus Professor in the English Department of the University of Montpellier. He is best known for his works on phonology and philosophy of linguistics.[2] His book Phonology is a coursebook taught across the world in phonology courses.[3] He was the father of three children and enjoyed raising his son and daughter in the sunny South of France.
Philip Carr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 September 1953 Scotland |
| Died | 30 March 2020 Edinburgh |
| Education | University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Children | Thomas Carr BRULARD and Sophie Carr BRULARD and Lucille Bluefield |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Montpellier (1999 to 2017), University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (1983-1999), University of Khartoum, University of Texas at Austin, University of Canterbury at Christchurch[1] |
| Thesis | Instrumentalism, realism and the object of inquiry in theoretical linguistics (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. R. Hurford |
| Other academic advisors | Roger Lass, Noel Burton-Roberts, E. Itkonen |
Books
- Phonology, Palgrave Macmillan 1993 (1st ed), 2013 (2nd ed)
- A Glossary of Phonology, Edinburgh University Press 2008
- Linguistic realities: an autonomist metatheory for the generative enterprise, Cambridge University Press 1990
- English Phonetics and Phonology: An Introduction, 2nd edition 2013
- Headhood, Elements, Specification and Contrastivity: Phonological papers in honour of John Anderson (ed.)
- Phonological Knowledge: Conceptual and Empirical Issues, with Noel Burton-Roberts and Gerard Docherty (eds.), Oxford University Press 2000
References
- "Current approaches to syntax : a comparative handbook". 2019.
- Botha, Rudolf P. (March 1992). "Philip Carr, Linguistic realities: an autonomist metatheory for the generative enterprise. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. ix + 157". Journal of Linguistics. 28 (1): 221–227. doi:10.1017/S0022226700015073. ISSN 1469-7742. S2CID 144884865.
- "LINGUIST List 31.1375: All: Philip Carr (1953-2020)". The LINGUIST List. 17 April 2020.
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