Francis J. Nolan is Professor of
Phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians ...
at the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
.
Between 1993 and 1995 he was Secretary of the
International Phonetic Association
The International Phonetic Association (IPA; , API) 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 Phoneti ...
, and from 1999 to 2003 its Vice-President. He specialises in phonetics and
phonology
Phonology (formerly also phonemics or phonematics: "phonemics ''n.'' 'obsolescent''1. Any procedure for identifying the phonemes of a language from a corpus of data. 2. (formerly also phonematics) A former synonym for phonology, often pre ...
as well as in
forensic linguistics
Forensic linguistics, legal linguistics, or language and the law is the application of linguistic knowledge, methods, and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure. It is a branch of ap ...
. He was President of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians. He was one of the co-editors of the 1999 ''Handbook of the International Phonetic Association'', the other being
John Esling. He co-designed the language of
Parseltongue featured in the
''Harry Potter'' films.
External links
Francis Nolan's HomepageBritish Association of Academic Phoneticians homepage
Linguists from the United Kingdom
Phoneticians
Academics of the University of Cambridge
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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