Back جون ك. ولز Arabic جون ك. ولز ARZ Джон Кристофер Уэллс BA Джон Крыстафер Уэлс BE John C. Wells German John C. Wells EO John C. Wells Spanish John C. Wells French Ջոն Ուելս HY John C. Wells Italian

John C. Wells

For other people with the same name, see John Wells.

John C. Wells
John C. Wells in the Netherlands in 2008
Born
John Christopher Wells

(1939-03-11) 11 March 1939 (age 85)
Bootle, Lancashire, England[1]
Academic background
Education
ThesisPhonological Adaptation in the Speech of Jamaicans in the London Area (1971)
Doctoral advisorJoseph Desmond O'Connor
Academic work
DisciplinePhonetician
InstitutionsUniversity College London (1962–2006)

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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  2. ^ "On the Retirement of Emeritus Professor John Christopher Wells". www.yek.me.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2014.