John C. Wells

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British person Esperantist linguist phonetician phonologist university teacher

John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.

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John C. Wells canonical 3

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
Esperantist ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
phonetician ⓘ
phonologist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
developedConcept Wells lexical sets for English vowels ⓘ
educatedAt University College London ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer University College London ⓘ
familyName Wells ⓘ
fieldOfWork English linguistics ⓘ
phonetics ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
sociophonetics ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline linguistics ⓘ
knownFor Accents of English ⓘ
Longman Pronunciation Dictionary ⓘ
Wells lexical sets ⓘ
analysis of BBC English ⓘ
work on English accents ⓘ
work on English pronunciation ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Esperanto ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
memberOf International Phonetic Association ⓘ
name John C. Wells self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Accents of English ⓘ
surface form: Accents of English, Volume 1: An Introduction

Accents of English ⓘ
surface form: Accents of English, Volume 2: The British Isles

Accents of English ⓘ
surface form: Accents of English, Volume 3: Beyond the British Isles

English Intonation: An Introduction ⓘ
Longman Pronunciation Dictionary ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Phonetics ⓘ
researchInterest Received Pronunciation ⓘ
intonation ⓘ
phonemic transcription ⓘ
regional accents of English ⓘ
taughtSubject English pronunciation ⓘ
phonetics ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
usesWritingSystem International Phonetic Alphabet ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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BBC English → notablePhonologistAssociated → John C. Wells ⓘ
Jane Setter → coEditorWith → John C. Wells ⓘ
John C. Wells → name → John C. Wells self-link ⓘ