biography
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James, Arthur Lloyd
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| lived:
| (1884–1943)
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| biography:
| Phonetician, born in Pentre, Wales, UK. He studied at Cardiff University and at Cambridge, became lecturer in phonetics at University College London (1920), and professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (1933). He is chiefly remembered for his Historical Introduction to French Phonetics (1929) and for his work with the BBC, whose adviser he was in all matters concerning pronunciation, and whose well-known handbooks on the pronunciation of place names he edited. He committed suicide after killing his wife, as a result of a depressive psychosis brought on by the war. |
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