David Abercrombie (linguist)
David Abercrombie (19 December 1909 – 4 July 1992) was a British phonetician who established the Department of Phonetics at the University of Edinburgh. He was a student of J. R. Firth and Daniel Jones. He retired as Professor of Phonetics in 1980 and died in Edinburgh at the age of 82.[1] He was a son of Lascelles Abercrombie.
Biography
Abercrombie was born in Brkenhead on 19 December 1909. His father, Lascelles Abercrombie was a poet and his mother was Catherine, née Gwatkin.[2]
References
- ^ Laver, John and Asher, R. E. "Obituary: Professor David Abercrombie" (The Independent, 11 July 1992)
- ^ MacMahon, M. K. C. (23 September 2010). "Abercrombie, David (1909–1992)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Bibliography
- Abercrombie, David (1964). English phonetic texts. London: Faber and Faber.
- Abercrombie, David (1965). Studies in phonetics and linguistics. London: Oxford University Press.
- Abercrombie, David (1967). Elements of general phonetics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Abercrombie, David (1991). Fifty years in phonetics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Kelly, J. (1993). "David Abercrombie". Phonetica. 50: 68–71. doi:10.1159/000261926.
External links
- Works by David Abercrombie at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about David Abercrombie at Internet Archive
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