Ian Maddieson
Encyclopedia
Ian Maddieson is a linguist
at UC Berkeley
, an Adjunct Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico
, Vice-President of the International Phonetic Association
, and Secretary of the Association for Laboratory Phonology
. He wrote the books Patterns of Sounds and Sounds of the World's Languages.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
at UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, an Adjunct Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, Vice-President of the International Phonetic Association
International Phonetic Association
The International Phonetic Association is an organization that promotes the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science. The IPA’s major contribution to phonetics is the International Phonetic Alphabet—a notational standard for the phonetic...
, and Secretary of the Association for Laboratory Phonology
Association for Laboratory Phonology
The Association for Laboratory Phonology is a non-profit professional society for researchers interested in the sound structure of language. It was founded to promote the scientific study of all aspects of phonetics and phonology of spoken and signed languages through scholarly exchange across...
. He wrote the books Patterns of Sounds and Sounds of the World's Languages.
Books
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- Based on data from about 400 languages, the book describes the known contrasting phonetic categories (ways in which the phonemic sounds of the human languages may differ)
- Ian Maddieson , Patterns of Sounds,
- Cambridge University Press, 1984, ISBN 0521265363
- Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 0521113261
- The book analyzes frequencies and distributions of the phonemic sounds among languages. The results are based on UPSID (the UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database).