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Neil was appointed Reader in Linguistics at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø in 1972, taking over leadership of the Linguistics Section and then, in 1973, of the Phonetics and Linguistics department. He was instrumental in setting up the Masters degree in Linguistics (1973), and the BA Linguistics (1977). From 1981 until his retirement in 2006 Neil was Professor of Linguistics at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø and then Emeritus Professor.   Please see our memorial webpage where you can also leave a tribute of your own.