John C. Wells
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John Christopher Wells (born 11 March 1939) is a British phonetician and Esperantist. Wells is a professor emeritus at University College London, where until his retirement in 2006 he held the departmental chair in phonetics.[2] He is known for his work on the Esperanto language and his invention of the standard lexical sets and the X-SAMPA phonetic script system.
British phonetician
John C. Wells | |
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John C. Wells in the Netherlands in 2008 | |
| Born | John Christopher Wells (1939-03-11) 11 March 1939 (age 84) |
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| Thesis | Phonological Adaptation in the Speech of Jamaicans in the London Area (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Desmond O'Connor |
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| Discipline | Phonetician |
| Institutions | University College London (1962–2006) |