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SUMMARYThe work of the Irish-born phonetician James Lecky (1855-90) has been unjustly neglected. A summary is given of his life and work, especially his work in phonetics, which covered descriptive phonetics, verse rhythm and phonetic notation.RÉSUMÉOn a injustement laisse de cote l'oeuvre du phoneticien irlandais James Lecky (1855-90). Nous presentons un resume de sa vie et ses travaux, en particulier dans le domaine de la phonetique. Lecky s'est intéressé surtout a la phonéti-que descriptive, au rythme poetique et a la transcription phonetique.