Michael K. C. MacMahon

List of John Benjamins publications in which Michael K. C. MacMahon is involved.

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MacMahon, Michael K. C. 2011 Vivian Salmon (1921–2010) as I remember her Historiographia Linguistica 38:1/2, pp. 1–4 | Article

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 2007 The work of Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) and “the crude system of doctrine which passes at present under the name of Phonetics” Historiographia Linguistica 34:2/3, pp. 281–331 | Article

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… read more

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 2003 The Warden of English: The life of H. W. Fowler. By Jenny McMorris Historiographia Linguistica 30:1/2, pp. 239–245 | Review

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 2002 Foundations of Foreign Language Teaching: Nineteenth-century innovators. by A. P. R. Howatt & Richard C. Smith Historiographia Linguistica 29:3, pp. 437–441 | Review

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 1999 The Real Professor Higgins: The life and career of Daniel Jones. By Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees Historiographia Linguistica 26:1/2, pp. 204–208 | Review

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 1998 The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A tale of murder, madness and the love of words. By Simon Winchester Historiographia Linguistica 25:3, pp. 439–441 | Review

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 1994 Laura Soames’ contributions to phonetics Historiographia Linguistica 21:1/2, pp. 103–121 | Article

Laura Soames (1840–1895) came to the attention of the teaching and phonetics professions through her work in applying phonetic principles to the teaching of reading and to the pronunciation of English and foreign languages. Lauded by many European phoneticians, she was despised by Henry Sweet –… read more

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 1983 Genius at Work: Images of Alexander Graham Bell. By Dorothy Harley Eber Historiographia Linguistica 10:1/2, pp. 124–125 | Review

MacMahon, Michael K. C. 1979 British Phonetics in the 1880s: The Work of James Lecky Historiographia Linguistica 6:1, pp. 47–56 | Article

The work of the Irish-born phonetician James Lecky (1855–90) has been unjustly neglected. A summary is given of his life and work, especially his work in phonetics, which covered descriptive phonetics, verse rhythm and phonetic notation.