Alfred C. Gimson
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Alfred Charles Gimson was an English
phonetician. He was known to generations of students and colleagues simply as 'Gim'.
Gimson was educated at Emanuel School
London, and University College London
, where later in 1966 he became Professor of Phonetics, and in 1971 head of the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics.
He was a pupil and colleague of Daniel Jones
, and is known for having updated and extended Jones’s description of standard British English pronunciation (Received Pronunciation, or RP). Through his Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, first published in 1962, Gimson is still regarded as the recognised authority on Received Pronunciation
. He succeeded Jones as editor of the English Pronouncing Dictionary, making significant changes to its content and presentation.
English people
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phonetician. He was known to generations of students and colleagues simply as 'Gim'.
Gimson was educated at Emanuel School
Emanuel School
Emanuel School is a co-educational independent school in Battersea, south-west London. The school was founded by Lady Dacre and Elizabeth I in 1594. Today it has some 710 pupils, aged between ten and eighteen.-History:...
London, and University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, where later in 1966 he became Professor of Phonetics, and in 1971 head of the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics.
He was a pupil and colleague of Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones (phonetician)
Daniel Jones was a London-born British phonetician. A pupil of Paul Passy, professor of phonetics at the École des Hautes Études at the Sorbonne , Daniel Jones is considered by many to be the greatest phonetician of the early 20th century...
, and is known for having updated and extended Jones’s description of standard British English pronunciation (Received Pronunciation, or RP). Through his Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, first published in 1962, Gimson is still regarded as the recognised authority on Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation , also called the Queen's English, Oxford English or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms...
. He succeeded Jones as editor of the English Pronouncing Dictionary, making significant changes to its content and presentation.