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.
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Born | John Christopher Wells (1939-03-11) 11 March 1939 (age 85) |
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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) |
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