Philip Carr (linguist)

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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.[2] His book Phonology is a coursebook taught across the world in phonology courses.[3] He was the father of three children and enjoyed raising his son and daughter in the sunny South of France[citation needed].

Philip Carr
Born25 September 1953
Scotland
Died30 March 2020
Edinburgh
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (PhD)
ChildrenThomas Carr BRULARD and Sophie Carr BRULARD and Lucille Bluefield
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Montpellier (1999 to 2017), University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (1983-1999), University of Khartoum, University of Texas at Austin, University of Canterbury at Christchurch[1]
ThesisInstrumentalism, realism and the object of inquiry in theoretical linguistics (1987)
Doctoral advisorJ. R. Hurford
Other academic advisorsRoger Lass, Noel Burton-Roberts, E. Itkonen

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  1. ^ "Current approaches to syntax : a comparative handbook". 2019.
  2. ^ Botha, Rudolf P. (March 1992). "Philip Carr, Linguistic realities: an autonomist metatheory for the generative enterprise. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. ix + 157". Journal of Linguistics. 28 (1): 221–227. doi:10.1017/S0022226700015073. ISSN 1469-7742. S2CID 144884865.
  3. ^ "LINGUIST List 31.1375: All: Philip Carr (1953-2020)". The LINGUIST List. 17 April 2020.