Professor Michael Macmahon
- Honorary Professorial Research Fellow (School of Critical Studies)
email:
Mike.MacMahon@glasgow.ac.uk
English Language, 12 University Gardens
Research interests
Research interests
- Phonetics of English
- Experimental phonetics
- Forensic phonetics
- Germanic philology
- History of phonetics and linguistics
- Speech and language pathologies
- The use of computers in teaching and research
Publications
A list of publications is available here.
Biography
Professor Mike MacMahon is Emeritus Professor of Phonetics and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of English Language. He received a Teaching Excellence Award from the University in 2008. His specialisms include the phonetics of English; experimental phonetics; older Germanic languages; the history of phonetics and linguistics; language pathology; the use of computers in teaching and research. He also carries out, as one of a small panel of Expert Witnesses in his field, forensic phonetic analyses for police forces and legal firms thoughout the UK.
He is the author of many articles on the history of phonetics and linguistics, language pathology and dialectology, together with a phonetics textbook and software for teaching Old Icelandic. Some recent publications include a major contribution on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century pronunciation in the latest volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language (1999), an assessment of the work of the Liverpool phonetician, Richard John Lloyd (2007), and several contributions to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004-). He is currently completing an Analytical Index to the Publications of the International Phonetic Association, and working on a critical biography of Henry Sweet.
Professor MacMahon is President of the Henry Sweet Society, a Member of Council and former Treasurer of the International Phonetic Association, and Honorary Secretary and Archivist of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians.
Musical interests: Playing and researching the flute, singing.
Publications
2007
MacMahon, M.K. (2007) The collection of musical instruments of Sir Nicholas Shackleton. Henry Sweet Society Bulletin, 49, pp. 53-54.
MacMahon, M.K. (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.
MacMahon, M.K. (2007) Using phonetics in a new musical nation: Henry Sweet's manuscript notes of 1904 and 1908. Henry Sweet Society Bulletin, 48, pp. 23-36.
MacMahon, M.K. (2007) Simple circular breathing. Pan: The Journal of the British Flute Society, 26(1), pp. 37-41.
2006
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 724. ISBN 9780080443577
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Bell, Alexander Melville (1819-1905). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 725. ISBN 9780080443577
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Cooper, Christopher (?1655-1690). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 176. ISBN 9780080443591
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Dobson, Eric John (1913-1984). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 741. ISBN 9780080443591
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Ellis, Alexander John (né Sharpe) (1814-1890). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 114. ISBN 9780080443607
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) English phonetics. In: Aarts, B. and McMahon, A.M.S. (eds.) The Handbook of English Linguistics. Series: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics. Blackwell Publishing: Oxford, UK, pp. 359-381. ISBN 9781405113823
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Iceland: language situation. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 457. ISBN 9780080443614
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) International Phonetic Association. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 755-756. ISBN 9780080443614
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Murray, James A.H. (1837-1915). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 395-396. ISBN 9780080443645
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Paget, Richard Arthur Surtees (Bart.), Sir (1869-1955). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 125. ISBN 9780080443652
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Pitman, Isaac, Sir (1813-1897). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 612-613. ISBN 9780080443652
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Raumer, Rudolf von (1815-1876). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 367-368. ISBN 9780080443669
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Ulfilas (Ulfila, Wulfila, Urphilas) (ca.311-382). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 214. ISBN 9780080443690
2004
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Abercrombie, David (1909-1992), phonetician. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 75-76. ISBN 9780198614111
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Barclay, James (fl. 1763-1774), church of England clergyman and lexicographer. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, p. 768. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/37151)
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Ellis [formerly Sharpe], Alexander John (1814-1890), phonetician and mathematician. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 208-211. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/8683)
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Gimson, Alfred Charles [Gim] (1917-1985), phonetician. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, p. 328. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/46942)
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Nares, Robert (1753-1829), philologist and clergyman. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 209-210. ISBN 9780198614111
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Stormonth, James (1824-1882), Episcopalian minister and lexicographer. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 946-947. ISBN 9780198614111
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Sweet, Henry (1845-1912), phonetician and comparative philologist. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 447-450. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/36385)
2003
MacMahon, M.K. (2003) Schwa. Phonetician, 87, p. 8.
2002
MacMahon, M.K. (2002) International phonetic alphabet. In: Malmkjær, K. (ed.) The Linguistics Encyclopedia. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 264-269. ISBN 9780415222099
2001
Dankovicova, J., Gurd, J., Marshall, J., MacMahon, M.K., Stuart-Smith, J., Coleman, J. and Slater, A. (2001) Aspects of non-native pronunciation in a case of altered accent following stroke (foreign accent syndrome). Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 15(3), pp. 195-218. (doi: 10.1080/02699200010004656)
MacMahon, M.K. (2001) Modern language instruction and phonetics in the later 19th century. In: Auroux, S., Koerner, E.F.K., Niederehe, H.-J. and Versteegh, K. (eds.) History of the Language Sciences - Geschichte der Sprachwissenshaftern - Histoire des sciences du language. Walter de Gruyter, pp. 1585-1595. ISBN 3110167352
1984
Cram, D., Salmon, V., Reibel, D., MacMahon, M. M.K., Ahlqvist, A. and Seiffert, L. (1984) Henry Sweet Society Newsletter: Second Issue: November 1984. Henry Sweet Society Bulletin, 2(1), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1080/02674971.1984.11876947)
Articles
MacMahon, M.K. (2007) The collection of musical instruments of Sir Nicholas Shackleton. Henry Sweet Society Bulletin, 49, pp. 53-54.
MacMahon, M.K. (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.
MacMahon, M.K. (2007) Using phonetics in a new musical nation: Henry Sweet's manuscript notes of 1904 and 1908. Henry Sweet Society Bulletin, 48, pp. 23-36.
MacMahon, M.K. (2007) Simple circular breathing. Pan: The Journal of the British Flute Society, 26(1), pp. 37-41.
MacMahon, M.K. (2003) Schwa. Phonetician, 87, p. 8.
Dankovicova, J., Gurd, J., Marshall, J., MacMahon, M.K., Stuart-Smith, J., Coleman, J. and Slater, A. (2001) Aspects of non-native pronunciation in a case of altered accent following stroke (foreign accent syndrome). Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 15(3), pp. 195-218. (doi: 10.1080/02699200010004656)
Cram, D., Salmon, V., Reibel, D., MacMahon, M. M.K., Ahlqvist, A. and Seiffert, L. (1984) Henry Sweet Society Newsletter: Second Issue: November 1984. Henry Sweet Society Bulletin, 2(1), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1080/02674971.1984.11876947)
Book Sections
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 724. ISBN 9780080443577
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Bell, Alexander Melville (1819-1905). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 725. ISBN 9780080443577
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Cooper, Christopher (?1655-1690). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 176. ISBN 9780080443591
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Dobson, Eric John (1913-1984). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 741. ISBN 9780080443591
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Ellis, Alexander John (né Sharpe) (1814-1890). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 114. ISBN 9780080443607
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) English phonetics. In: Aarts, B. and McMahon, A.M.S. (eds.) The Handbook of English Linguistics. Series: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics. Blackwell Publishing: Oxford, UK, pp. 359-381. ISBN 9781405113823
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Iceland: language situation. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 457. ISBN 9780080443614
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) International Phonetic Association. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 755-756. ISBN 9780080443614
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Murray, James A.H. (1837-1915). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 395-396. ISBN 9780080443645
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Paget, Richard Arthur Surtees (Bart.), Sir (1869-1955). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 125. ISBN 9780080443652
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Pitman, Isaac, Sir (1813-1897). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 612-613. ISBN 9780080443652
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Raumer, Rudolf von (1815-1876). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 367-368. ISBN 9780080443669
MacMahon, M.K. (2006) Ulfilas (Ulfila, Wulfila, Urphilas) (ca.311-382). In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, p. 214. ISBN 9780080443690
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Abercrombie, David (1909-1992), phonetician. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 75-76. ISBN 9780198614111
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Barclay, James (fl. 1763-1774), church of England clergyman and lexicographer. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, p. 768. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/37151)
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Ellis [formerly Sharpe], Alexander John (1814-1890), phonetician and mathematician. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 208-211. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/8683)
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Gimson, Alfred Charles [Gim] (1917-1985), phonetician. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, p. 328. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/46942)
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Nares, Robert (1753-1829), philologist and clergyman. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 209-210. ISBN 9780198614111
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Stormonth, James (1824-1882), Episcopalian minister and lexicographer. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 946-947. ISBN 9780198614111
MacMahon, M.K. (2004) Sweet, Henry (1845-1912), phonetician and comparative philologist. In: Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B.H. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 447-450. ISBN 9780198614111 (doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/36385)
MacMahon, M.K. (2002) International phonetic alphabet. In: Malmkjær, K. (ed.) The Linguistics Encyclopedia. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 264-269. ISBN 9780415222099
MacMahon, M.K. (2001) Modern language instruction and phonetics in the later 19th century. In: Auroux, S., Koerner, E.F.K., Niederehe, H.-J. and Versteegh, K. (eds.) History of the Language Sciences - Geschichte der Sprachwissenshaftern - Histoire des sciences du language. Walter de Gruyter, pp. 1585-1595. ISBN 3110167352