British Phonetics in the 1880s: The Work of James Lecky
Summary
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.
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Eglinton, John
Ellis, Alexander J(ohn
Grove, (Sir) George
Jones, Daniel
MacMahon, M. K. C.
forthcoming
. “The Historical Background to the Phonetic Notation in the New English Dictionary
”.
Murray, (Sir) James Augustus Henry
Murray, K(atharine) M(aud) E(lisabeth)
Omond, T(homas) S(tewart
Peterson, William S.
Skeat, W(alter) W(illiam
Taylor, Isaac