The International Phonetic Association: The first 100 years

Abstract

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.