Gimson's Pronunciation of English

Historical Recordings

These recordings are of theoretical and historical interest.

Daniel Jones pronouncing the original Cardinal Vowels

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Alfred Charles Gimson (“Gim”) introducing a lecture

Professor Gimson’s voice

This is an extract from Professor A. C. Gimson’s (“Gim”) address to the First Leeds University International Conference on the Teaching of Spoken English, held in Leeds in 1977.