Journal of the International Phonetic Association
journal
The Journal of the International Phonetic Association (JIPA; ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that appears three times a year. It is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Phonetic Association. It was established as Dhi Fonètik Tîtcer ("The Phonetic Teacher") in 1886. In 1889, it was renamed Le Maître Phonétique and French was designated as the Association's official language. It was written entirely in the IPA, with its name being written accordingly as "lə mɛːtrə fɔnetik" and hence abbreviated "mf", until 1971, when it obtained its current name and began to be written in the Latin script. It covers topics in phonetics and applied phonetics such as speech therapy and voice recognition, as well as "Illustrations of the IPA" that describe individual languages using the IPA. The journal is abstracted and indexed in the MLA Bibliography.
Editors
(as dhi fonètik tîtcer)
1886–1887 Paul Passy
(as ðə fɔnetik tîtcər)
1887–1888 Paul Passy
(as lə mɛːtrə fɔnetik)
1889-1914 Paul Passy
1923– Paul Passy and Daniel Jones
–1949 Daniel Jones
(as Le Maître Phonétique)
1950–1968 A. C. Gimson
1969–1970 A. C. Gimson and John C. Wells
(as JIPA)
1971–1974 A. C. Gimson and John C. Wells
1975-1985 John C. Wells
1986–1989 Anthony Bladon
1990 (ad hoc board)
1990–1995 Ian Maddieson
1996–1999 Martin Barry
2000–2002?
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