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John Esling

John Esling
FRSC
Born
John Henry Esling

(1949-06-05) 5 June 1949 (age 74)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationLinguist
Notable work
Title
  • Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Victoria
  • President of the International Phonetic Association (2011–15)

John Henry Esling, FRSC (born 5 June 1949) is a Canadian linguist specializing in phonetics. He is a Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, where he taught from 1981 to 2014. Esling was president of the International Phonetic Association from 2011 to 2015 and a co-editor of the 1999 Handbook of the International Phonetic Association.

His research primarily concerns the categorization, measurement and transcription of voice quality and vocal register, and the production and perception of laryngeal sounds.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hill, Carrie; Huijsmans, Marianne; Onosson, Sky, eds. (2014). Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria: Vol. 24. Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria.
  2. ^ "Dr. John Esling". University of Victoria. Retrieved 2 February 2018.