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Ian Maddieson

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Ian Maddieson is a British phonetician, known for phonological typology and for helping build the UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database.

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Ian Maddieson ranks #87 of 201 in the Linguist ranking, behind Eugenio Coseriu, ahead of Ronald Langacker.

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Ian Maddieson scores 8.30/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Linguist category. Major phonetician and typologist; UPSID and segment inventory work are widely used.
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