Philip Carr

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. His book Phonology is a coursebook taught across the world in phonology courses. He was the father of three children and enjoyed raising his son and daughter in the sunny South of France. 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 1953 births 2020 deaths Linguists from the United Kingdom British phonologists Academic staff of the University of Montpellier Philosophers of linguistics Academics of Newcastle University Academic staff of the University of Khartoum