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Peter French
Emeritus Professor

Biography

Peter French spent the early part of his career working in traditional dialectology, child language development, language and education and conversation analysis. Since the mid-1980s he has worked almost exclusively in phonetics and acoustics, concentrating on forensic applications. He is Chairman of an independent forensic speech and acoustics laboratory (JP French Associates), which involves his acting as an expert witness in legal cases arising from jurisdictions across the world.

Career

2023 - Emeritus Professor University of York
2015 - 2023 Professor University of York
2007 - 2014 Honorary professor University of York
2006 - 2007 Visiting professor University of York
1992 - 2002 Honorary research fellow University of Birmingham
1989 - Honorary research fellow St John's College York
(York St John University)
1982 PhD (Analysis of recorded conversation) University of Bristol
1980 - 1989 Lecturer, Senior lecturer St John's College York
(York St John University)
1977 - 1980 Research assistant University of Bristol
  Phonetic fieldworker (part-time) Atlas Linguarum Europae
1977 Certificate in English Phonetics International Phonetic Association
1977 BLing Linguistics with Phonetics University of Manchester
1976 BEd English and Education University of Leeds
1975 Cert Ed English and Education University of Leeds

University roles

  • Member of Court

Contact details

Professor Peter French
Department of Language and Linguistic Science
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD

http://www.jpfrench.com