John Samuel Kenyon (1874-1959) was an Americanlinguist. He graduated from Hiram College in 1898 and taught there as a Professor of English from 1916 to 1944, when he retired and became an emeritus professor until his death. Together with Thomas A. Knott, he wrote A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English (1944), still regarded as a classic guide to American English pronunciation. Kenyon had also earlier published American Pronunciation (1924) and served as the consulting editor of pronunciation to the second edition of Webster's New International Dictionary in his career as a pioneering expert on the study of American English, which earned him the epithet "the dean of American phoneticians". The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Hiram College is an institution of higher learning located in Hiram, Ohio. ... Emeritus is a title given to a retired professor, bishop or other professional. ... The Kenyon & Knott (or KK) system is a collection of symbols, most of which correspond to the symbols of the IPA, used for representing the pronunciation of standard American English. ... American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... Pronunciation refers to: the way a word or a language is usually spoken; the manner in which someone utters a word. ... 1888 advertisement for Websters Dictionary Websters Dictionary is a common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, deriving its name from American lexicographer Noah Webster. ... An epithet (Greek - επιθετον and Latin - epitheton; literally meaning imposed) is a descriptive word or phrase. ...
Kenyon and Knott is the informal name for A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English, first published in 1944 by JohnSamuelKenyon and Thomas A. Knott.
Kenyon and Knott use a broad transcription rather than a narrow one.
John C. Wells, Longman Group Ltd. 1995, [ISBN 0-582-05383] have replaced it, providing more contemporary pronunciations.
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