Useful link for reading: John Well's IPA transcription systems for English

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Here is a brief personal history of John Wells.

WELLS, John Christopher, Professor of Phonetics, University College London, (UCL) since 1988. He was born on 11 March 1939; Education:St John's School, Leatherhead;.Trinity College Cambridge (BA 1960; MA 1964). University College London (MA 1962; PhD 1971); Lecturer in Phonetics, UCL 1962-65, Lecturer 1965-82, Reader 1982-88, (Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics 1990-2000). Member, Council of the IPA 1970- (Secretary 1973-86; Editor, JIPA (Journal of the International Phonetic Association) 1971-87); Member, Council of the Philological Society 1989-1995. Member, Academy of Esperanto 1971-. President, World Esperanto Association 1989-95.

Major publications: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary 1990, 2000; Accents of English (three vols. and cassette) 1982; Lingvistikaj Aspektoj de Esperanto, 1978, 1989; Jamaican Pronunciation in London, 1973; (with G. Colson) Practical Phonetics 1971; Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary, 1969.

The following link will lead you to an article J. C. Wells wrote on IPA transcription systems for English

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-english-uni.htm

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