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The International Phonetic Association: The first 100 years*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

M. K. C. Macmahon
M. K. C. Macmahon
Affiliation:
Dept. of English Language, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
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In the space available it is impossible to do full and proper justice to all of the IPA's activities over the past 100 years. I shall, therefore, restrict myself to considering only a number of aspects, namely the origins and growth of the Association, the importance of the journal in underpinning its work, and the character of the Association as it expressed itself under the secretaryship of Paul Passy. Something of the Association's earlier history can be found on the covers of The Principles of the International Phonetic Association, in Daniel Jones' survey of the Association's history, published in 1935, and in Robert Albright's monograph on the development of the IPA's alphabet and related matters.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , June 1986 , pp. 30 - 38
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1986

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Notes

1. The Principles of the International Phonetic Association, 1949. London: International Phonetic Association.Google Scholar

2. [Part of] ‘Report du secrétaire’ mf juillet-septembre 1935: 44–51.Google Scholar

3. Albright, R.W.The International Phonetic Alphabet: Its Backgrounds and Development Indiana: Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics, 1958. Reprinted in IJAL 24, i, Pt 3, 1958.Google Scholar

4. In February 1888, Passy wrote that the Association had been in existence for ‘a little more than 2 years’ (FT February 1888:75/11).

5. mf janvier 1889:9.

6. For further details, see, for example, the recent work by Howatt, A.P.R.A History of English Language Teaching Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984, especially pp. 169–171.Google Scholar

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9. FT July 1886:1. Jespersen's proposal was supported by Viëtor, Western and Sweet.

10. FT August 1886:1.

11. ‘On word di-vision’ FT February 1888: 76/12–77/13; March 1888: 122/18–123/19; April 1888: 170/26–171/27.

12. FT March 1888: 123/19–124/20.

13. H. Sweet ‘On English stress’ mf février 1889:18; L. Soames ‘On English stress’ mf mars 1889: 34–35.

14. mf décembre 1889: 100–102.

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20. French: 1900, 1905; English: 1904, 1912, 1949; German: 1928; Italian: 1933; Spanish: 1944.

21. Passy, P. ‘Examens de phonétique’ mf juillet-août 1907: 79. See also Jones ‘Diploma for Proficiency in Phonetics’ mf septembre-octobre 1907: 92–93.Google Scholar

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23. A full index to the contents of the FTA/AP/IPA's publications is in preparation and will be published as soon as possible.

24. On the 1847 Alphabet, see John, Kelly's ‘The 1847 alphabet: an episode in phonotypy’ in Asher, R.E. and Henderson, E.J.A. (editors) Towards a History of Phonetics Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1981: 248–264.Google Scholar