FEATURED AUTHOR
Alan Cruttenden
Alan Cruttenden is Professor Emeritus of Phonetics at the University of Manchester. In retirement he is a Fellow of the Phonetics Laboratory, University of Oxford.
Subjects: English Language & Linguistics
Biography
I was born in Peckham, London and evacuated at the onset of war to Marlow, Bucks, where I attended the local Grammar School. After National Service in the Royal Navy, I studied at Pembroke College, Oxford. I worked for Oxford University Press for five years (mainly in Africa) before returning to the UK to do postgraduate courses in Wales and at University College London. I then became Lecturer and later Professor of Phonetics and head of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Manchester.Education
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Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Marlow, Bucks
BA (Oxford), DipTEFL (Wales), DipPhon (Lond), PhD (Man)
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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I have taught, researched and written widely in child language, intonation, and the phonetics of English; and have published textbooks in these three areas. I was the Editor of the Journal of Child Language for seven years. I was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
Personal Interests
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I rowed for my school and my college. I later took up sailing and sailed on lakes and seas in and around Britain and the Mediterranean. In retirement I took up bowling and was secretary of my local bowls club for ten years. I acted in amateur dramatics ar school, in Marlow, in the Navy, and in Manchester.
I first married when I was in Africa and have twin daughters (and four grandchildren). My first wife died in 1995 and I remarried in 1999.