Daniel Jones

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Daniel Jones was a British phonetician and linguist renowned for codifying and popularizing the model of Received Pronunciation in English.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
academic
linguist
phonetician
areaOfInfluence Received Pronunciation
phonetic transcription of English
citizenship British
contributedTo International Phonetic Alphabet
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
developed cardinal vowel system
educatedAt University College London
École des Hautes Études, Paris NERFINISHED
employer University College London
era 20th-century linguistics
familyName Jones
fieldOfWork English phonology
linguistics
phonetics
fullName Daniel Jones
gender male
givenName Daniel
hasNotableConcept Received Pronunciation as a standard accent of English
cardinal vowels
influenced teaching of English pronunciation worldwide
influencedBy Henry Sweet
knownFor Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
surface form: "English Pronouncing Dictionary"

Outline of English Phonetics
cardinal vowel system
codifying Received Pronunciation
popularizing Received Pronunciation
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf International Phonetic Association
nationality United Kingdom
notableWork Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
surface form: "An English Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language"

Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
surface form: "English Pronouncing Dictionary"

Outline of English Phonetics
occupation linguist
phonetician
university professor
positionHeld Professor of Phonetics at University College London
specializedIn English phonetics
Received Pronunciation
studied English pronunciation
phonetics
taught phonetics at University College London
workInstitution University College London

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