Michael K C Macmahon
Biographic Data
| ID | 87459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael K C Macmahon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael K C |
| FAMILY NAME | Macmahon |
| SIGNATURE | MACMAHON M K C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Vivian Salmon (1921-2010) as I remember her
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Prelude to the Principles of 1949
‘In choosing between the various proposals that have been made for revising our alphabet, we've been guided by the following principles, which I think are admitted by most of our readers as essential to a practical system of phonetic spelling.’ (Passy 1888: 57)
"The work of Richard John Lloyd (1846-1906) and "the crude system of doctrine which passes at present under the name of Phonetics
Richard John Lloyd (1846-1906) was a well-known Liverpool businessman who also pursued the study of phonetics, English language, literature, sociology and philosophy. His wide intellectual background embraced mathematics and physics too. His work in phonetics is characterised by a particular emphasis on the acoustics of vowel sounds, as well as by close attention to the fine detail of articulation (what he called "minute phonetics"). Alongside a …
The Warden of English: The life of H. W. Fowler . By Jenny McMorris
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Foundations of Foreign Language Teaching: Nineteenth-century innovators . by A. P. R. Howatt & Richard C. Smith
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The Real Professor Higgins: The life and career of Daniel Jones . By Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A tale of murder, madness and the love of words. By Simon Winchester
A Mid-18th-Century Use of [ə], [ɔ], and [ʞ] as Phonetic Symbols
According to Sweet, the German linguist Johann Andreas Schmeller was the first to use [ə] as a phonetic symbol (Sweet 1877: 175). (Although Sweet gives no bibliographical reference, the work he must have had in mind was Schmeller's Die Mundarten Bayerns of 1821; cf. also Ellis 1874: 1357.) Schmeller uses [ə] for the ‘dumpfe Vocallaut’ in words like Semmel, Nennen, Wetter , and for the second element of various diphthongs, e.g. in dialectal pronun…
Laura Soames' contributions to phonetics
Laura Soames (1840-1895) came to the attention of the teaching and phonetics professions through her work in applying phonetic principles to the teaching of reading and to the pronunciation of English and foreign languages. Lauded by many European phoneticians, she was despised by Henry Sweet - much to his discredit. Her publications, especially theIntroduction to Phonetics (English, French and German)(1891) andThe Child's Key to Reading(1894) re…
The woman behind 'Arthur
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Past successes of the IPA
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Past successes and failures of the IPA
Ideally, we want to be able to state authoritatively which of the IPA's stipulations meet with acceptance, which are regarded as controversial, and which appear to have failed to make any impact at all. Account will have to be taken of the work not only of phoneticians, but also of colleagues in any discipline which uses phonetic terminology and notation
The International Phonetic Association: The first 100 years
In the space available it is impossible to do full and proper justice to all of the IPA's activities over the past 100 years. I shall, therefore, restrict myself to considering only a number of aspects, namely the origins and growth of the Association, the importance of the journal in underpinning its work, and the character of the Association as it expressed itself under the secretaryship of Paul Passy. Something of the Association's earlier his…
Genius at Work: Images of Alexander Graham Bell. By Dorothy Harley Eber
The Bilingual Brain. (Neuropsychological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism
Book reviews that the peptides luteinising hormone-The introduction is given over to releasing hormone, somatostatin and brief explanations of some key con- thyrotropin releasing hormone are cepts in bilingualism theory, accom- synthesised and transported in distinct panied by some critical, cautious neuronal systems in the hypothalamus.comments by the authors.Neverthe- However, the peptide containing nerve less, a clearer distinction might have …
British Phonetics in the 1880s: The Work of James Lecky
The work of the Irish-born phonetician James Lecky (1855-90) has been unjustly neglected. A summary is given of his life and work, especially his work in phonetics, which covered descriptive phonetics, verse rhythm and phonetic notation
A note on Sweet's house in Hampstead
A few months after his father's death in 1879 Henry Sweet moved from the family home, 140 Maida Vale, London, into lodgings at Mansfield Cottage in Hampstead where ‘the air ... [was] very fine’ and where he could ‘get out into a very fine country in a few minutes’ (letter to Johan Storm of 27 November 1879). He was to remain there until his marriage in 1887. But for anyone interested in finding the Cottage today there is a problem since no buildi…
The Real Professor Higgins: The life and career of Daniel Jones . By Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees
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The International Phonetic Association: The first 100 years
In the space available it is impossible to do full and proper justice to all of the IPA's activities over the past 100 years. I shall, therefore, restrict myself to considering only a number of aspects, namely the origins and growth of the Association, the importance of the journal in underpinning its work, and the character of the Association as it expressed itself under the secretaryship of Paul Passy. Something of the Association's earlier his…
Laura Soames' contributions to phonetics
Laura Soames (1840-1895) came to the attention of the teaching and phonetics professions through her work in applying phonetic principles to the teaching of reading and to the pronunciation of English and foreign languages. Lauded by many European phoneticians, she was despised by Henry Sweet - much to his discredit. Her publications, especially theIntroduction to Phonetics (English, French and German)(1891) andThe Child's Key to Reading(1894) re…
The woman behind 'Arthur
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Past successes and failures of the IPA
Ideally, we want to be able to state authoritatively which of the IPA's stipulations meet with acceptance, which are regarded as controversial, and which appear to have failed to make any impact at all. Account will have to be taken of the work not only of phoneticians, but also of colleagues in any discipline which uses phonetic terminology and notation
British Phonetics in the 1880s: The Work of James Lecky
The work of the Irish-born phonetician James Lecky (1855-90) has been unjustly neglected. A summary is given of his life and work, especially his work in phonetics, which covered descriptive phonetics, verse rhythm and phonetic notation
A note on Sweet's house in Hampstead
A few months after his father's death in 1879 Henry Sweet moved from the family home, 140 Maida Vale, London, into lodgings at Mansfield Cottage in Hampstead where ‘the air ... [was] very fine’ and where he could ‘get out into a very fine country in a few minutes’ (letter to Johan Storm of 27 November 1879). He was to remain there until his marriage in 1887. But for anyone interested in finding the Cottage today there is a problem since no buildi…
British Phonetics in the 1880s: The Work of James Lecky
The work of the Irish-born phonetician James Lecky (1855-90) has been unjustly neglected. A summary is given of his life and work, especially his work in phonetics, which covered descriptive phonetics, verse rhythm and phonetic notation
The Bilingual Brain. (Neuropsychological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism
Book reviews that the peptides luteinising hormone-The introduction is given over to releasing hormone, somatostatin and brief explanations of some key con- thyrotropin releasing hormone are cepts in bilingualism theory, accom- synthesised and transported in distinct panied by some critical, cautious neuronal systems in the hypothalamus.comments by the authors.Neverthe- However, the peptide containing nerve less, a clearer distinction might have …
Genius at Work: Images of Alexander Graham Bell. By Dorothy Harley Eber
The International Phonetic Association: The first 100 years
In the space available it is impossible to do full and proper justice to all of the IPA's activities over the past 100 years. I shall, therefore, restrict myself to considering only a number of aspects, namely the origins and growth of the Association, the importance of the journal in underpinning its work, and the character of the Association as it expressed itself under the secretaryship of Paul Passy. Something of the Association's earlier his…
Past successes and failures of the IPA
Ideally, we want to be able to state authoritatively which of the IPA's stipulations meet with acceptance, which are regarded as controversial, and which appear to have failed to make any impact at all. Account will have to be taken of the work not only of phoneticians, but also of colleagues in any discipline which uses phonetic terminology and notation
Past successes of the IPA
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The woman behind 'Arthur
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Mid-18th-Century Use of [ə], [ɔ], and [ʞ] as Phonetic Symbols
According to Sweet, the German linguist Johann Andreas Schmeller was the first to use [ə] as a phonetic symbol (Sweet 1877: 175). (Although Sweet gives no bibliographical reference, the work he must have had in mind was Schmeller's Die Mundarten Bayerns of 1821; cf. also Ellis 1874: 1357.) Schmeller uses [ə] for the ‘dumpfe Vocallaut’ in words like Semmel, Nennen, Wetter , and for the second element of various diphthongs, e.g. in dialectal pronun…
Laura Soames' contributions to phonetics
Laura Soames (1840-1895) came to the attention of the teaching and phonetics professions through her work in applying phonetic principles to the teaching of reading and to the pronunciation of English and foreign languages. Lauded by many European phoneticians, she was despised by Henry Sweet - much to his discredit. Her publications, especially theIntroduction to Phonetics (English, French and German)(1891) andThe Child's Key to Reading(1894) re…
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A tale of murder, madness and the love of words. By Simon Winchester
The Real Professor Higgins: The life and career of Daniel Jones . By Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees
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Foundations of Foreign Language Teaching: Nineteenth-century innovators . by A. P. R. Howatt & Richard C. Smith
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The Warden of English: The life of H. W. Fowler . By Jenny McMorris
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"The work of Richard John Lloyd (1846-1906) and "the crude system of doctrine which passes at present under the name of Phonetics
Richard John Lloyd (1846-1906) was a well-known Liverpool businessman who also pursued the study of phonetics, English language, literature, sociology and philosophy. His wide intellectual background embraced mathematics and physics too. His work in phonetics is characterised by a particular emphasis on the acoustics of vowel sounds, as well as by close attention to the fine detail of articulation (what he called "minute phonetics"). Alongside a …
Prelude to the Principles of 1949
‘In choosing between the various proposals that have been made for revising our alphabet, we've been guided by the following principles, which I think are admitted by most of our readers as essential to a practical system of phonetic spelling.’ (Passy 1888: 57)
Vivian Salmon (1921-2010) as I remember her
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