John Wells

John C. Wells (born 1939) is Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at the University of London. A Fellow of the British Academy, he is a former President of the International Phonetic Association (2003-2007) and of the World Esperanto Association. He is the current president of The English Spelling Society.

He studied phonetics under John Trim at Cambridge before going on to do an MA in General Linguistics and Phonetics at University College, London.

Publications

• Wells, J.C., 1982. Accents of English, Cambridge University Press.
• Wells, J, 2006. English Intonation: an introduction, Cambridge University Press.
• Wells, J.C., 2008. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Third edition, Pearson.

See also

• John Wells's phonetic blog

External links

• Brief curriculum vitae at UCL
• Wells, John. "English accents and their implications for spelling reform"
• Selected publications

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