John Harris (phonologist)

John Harris
Born1954
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (PhD)
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity College London
ThesisLinguistic change in a nonstandard dialect: phonological studies in the history of English in Ireland (1983)
Doctoral advisorRoger Lass, Gillian Brown
Other academic advisorsJim Milroy, Lesley Milroy, John C Wells, Nigel Gotteri

John Harris (born 1954) is a Northern Irish linguist and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London. He is best known for his works on phonetics and phonology. A festschrift in his honor titled Sonic Signatures edited by Geoff Lindsey and Andrew Nevins was published in 2017.