Article published In: Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 34:2/3 (2007) ► pp.281–331
The work of Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) and “the crude system of doctrine which passes at present under the name of Phonetics”
Published online: 13 November 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.34.2.05mac
https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.34.2.05mac
Summary
Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) was a well-known Liverpool businessman who also pursued the study of phonetics, English language, literature, sociology and philosophy. His wide intellectual background embraced mathematics and physics too. His work in phonetics is characterised by a particular emphasis on the acoustics of vowel sounds, as well as by close attention to the fine detail of articulation (what he called “minute phonetics”). Alongside a small group of scientists in Europe, he was actively involved in research into the formant structure of vowels. His relatively early death meant that his work never achieved the prominence it deserved, and hence his influence has remained negligible. His work, however, bears comparison with that of colleagues in articulatory and experimental phonetics later in the 20th century.
Résumé
Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) était un homme d’affaires bien connu de Liverpool, qui poursuivait les études en phonétique, de la langue anglaise, de la littérature, de la sociologie et de la philosophie. Sa large formation intellectuelle comprenait aussi les mathématiques et la physique. Son oeuvre de la phonétique est caractérisée par son attention spéciale de l’acoustique des voyelles, comme par l’observation approfondie des moindres détails de l’articulation (c’est ce qu’il appelait ‘la phonétique exacte’). Ensemble avec des scientifiques en Europe, il participait à la recherche de la structure des formants des voyelles. Sa mort prématurée signifiait que son oeuvre n’obtenait jamais la renommée qu’elle méritait, et ainsi son influence restait négligeable. Son oeuvre est cependant comparable à celui des collègues de la phonétique articulatoire et expérimentale plus tard dans le XXe siècle.
Zusammenfassung
Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) war ein bekannter Geschäftsmann aus Liverpool, der auch den Studien der Phonetik, der englischen Sprache, der Literatur, der Soziologie und der Philosophie nachging. Sein breitgefächerter interlektueller Hintergrund umfasste auch die Mathematik und die Physik. Sein Werk in der Phonetik ist durch eine besondere Berücksichtigung der Akustik der Vokallaute gekennzeichnet, wie auch durch die nähere Betrachtung der Feinheiten der Lautbildung (er nannte dies ‘die exakte Phonetik’). Zusammen mit einer kleinen Gruppe Wissenschafter in Europa war er an der Erforschung der Formantstruktur der Vokale beteiligt. Sein verhältnismäßig früher Tod bedeutete, dass sein Werk nie die Anerkennung erreichte, die es verdiente, und deshalb blieb sein Einfluss bescheidend. Sein Werk kann jedoch mit dem der Kollegen der artikulatorischen und experimentellen Phonetik im späteren im 20. Jahrhundert durchaus verglichen werden.
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