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Department of Management, Society and Communication
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Inger Margrethe Mees read English language and literature at the University of Leiden, where she obtained her master’s degree (cum laude) in 1977. In 1974-75, she spent a year at Edinburgh University attending courses on phonetics. In 1983, she was awarded a doctorate from Leiden for a longitudinal socio-phonetic study of the pronunciation of schoolchildren in Cardiff. From 1977-84 she was lecturer at Leiden University. In 1985 she was appointed Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, specialising in the teaching of phonetics and pronunciation training. From 1999-2000 she held the Giese Lectureship at the University of Copenhagen. She has written on contrastive phonetics and pronunciation training for Danish and Dutch students and has also published in the fields of sociolinguistics, historiography of phonetics, English-medium instruction, and translation processes.
- Contrastive phonetics (Dutch, Danish, English)
- Socio-phonetics (especially language variation and change)
- Historiography of phonetics
- Translation processes
- English as a medium of instruction in higher education
UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics
Collins, Beverley, Mees, Inger M., & Carley, Paul (2019) Practical English Phonetics and Phonology. Abingdon & New York: Routledge. 4th revised edn. With accompanying website with keys to activities and recordings.
Carley, Paul, Mees, Inger M., & Collins, Beverley (2018) English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice. Abingdon & New York: Routledge. With companion website containing phonetic transcriptions and recordings of all the practice material (30 hours).
Mees, Inger M., Dragsted, Barbara, Gorm Hansen, Inge, & Jakobsen, Arnt Lykke (2015). Sound effects in translation. In M. Ehrensberger-Dow, S. Göpferich, & S. O’Brien (eds), Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process Research (pp. 141-155). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Benjamins Current Topics, No. 72, DOI: 10.1075/bct.72.
Collins, Beverley, Carley, Paul, & Mees, Inger M. (2014) Daniel Jones. Oxford Bibliographies: Linguistics. Ed. / Mark Aronoff. New York: Oxford University Press.
Collins, B., Mees, Inger M., & Carley, P. (eds) (2013) English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments, London: Routledge. 6 vols. with introductions: vol. I: J. A. Afzelius’s pronouncing dictionary; vol. II: Arthur Lloyd James: Broadcasting and spoken English; vol. III: Arthur Lloyd James: Broadcast English; vol IV: English phonetics; vol V: Landmarks in the study of English intonation; vol. VI: Phonetics of English as a foreign language.
Collins, B. & Inger M. Mees (2008) Pronouncing dictionaries – 2 Mid-19th century to the present day. In A. Cowie (ed.). Oxford History of Lexicography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 176-218.
Collins, B. and I.M. Mees (eds) (2006) Phonetics of English in the Nineteenth Century, London: Routledge. Collection of seven volumes, each with a critical introduction. I: Selected Writings; II: Isaac Pitman; III: Alexander John Ellis; IV: Alexander Melville Bell & Alexander Graham Bell; V. Henry Sweet; VI. Laura Soames; VII. Walter Ripman.
Collins, B. and I.M. Mees (eds) (2003) Daniel Jones: Selected Works, London: Routledge. Collection of eight volumes, each with a critical introduction: I. Phonetics of English; II. Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language; III. English Pronouncing Dictionary; IV. European Languages 1: Romance Languages; V. European Languages 2: Russian; VI. Non-European Languages; VII. Selected Papers; VIII. Unpublished Writings and Correspondence.
Collins, B. & Inger M. Mees (1999) The Real Professor Higgins: the Life and Career of Daniel Jones. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 597 pp.
2.ed.Abingdon : Routledge 2024, 176 p.
In: Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2021, p. 507-509
Tokyo : Taishukan Publishing Company 2021, 236 p.
Abingdon : Routledge 2020, 253 p.
4.ed.Abingdon : Routledge 2019, 318 p. (Routledge English Language Introductions)
Abingdon : Routledge 2018, 308 p.
3ed.Holten : Walvaboek 2018, 144 p.
In: Linguistica, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2017, p. 343-356
In: English Phonetics. Journal of EPSJ, Vol. 21, 2017, p. 87-107
In: Linguistica, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2017, p. 229-245
In: Moderna språk, Vol. 110, No. 2, 2016, p. 46-72
In: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2015, p. 53-77
2.ed.København : Djøf Forlag 2015, 212 p.
In: Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process Research. ed. /Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow; Susanne Göpferich; Sharon O'Brien. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company 2015, p. 141-155 (Benjamins Current Topics, No. 72)
In: Readings in English Phonetics and Phonology. ed. /Rafael Monroy-Casas; Inmaculada Arboleda-Guirao. Valencia : Publicacions de la Universitat de València 2014, p. 339-368
In: Oxford Bibliographies: Linguistics. . ed. /Mark Aronoff. New York : Oxford University Press 2014
In: Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, Vol. 35, No. 5, 2014, p. 443-462
In: The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. ed. /Carol A. Chapelle. Chichester : Wiley 2013
Abingdon : Routledge 2013, 3008 p. (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-6 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 7-12 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-8 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-8 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-20 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-10 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: English Phonetics: Twentieth Century Developments. . ed. /Inger M. Mees; Beverley Collins; Paul Carley. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-14 (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
3.ed.Abingdon : Routledge 2013, 330 p. (Routledge English Language Introductions)
In: Target: International Journal of Translation Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2013, p. 140-154
In: N J E S (Online), Vol. 13, No. 1, 2013, p. 87-112
In: Moderna Spraak, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2012, p. 73-84
In: I R A L. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2012, p. 87-100
In: Sprogforum, No. 52, 11.2011, p. 54-60
In: Translation & Interpreting, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2011, p. 10-43
In: Language and Learning in the International University: From English Uniformity to Diversity and Hybridity. . ed. /Bent Preisler; Ida Klitgård; Anne H. Fabricius. Bristol : Multilingual Matters 2011, p. 19-38
In: Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 39, 2010, p. 1-4
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2010, 152 p. (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 39)
Paper presented at Uitgesproken Engels Symposium, 2010
Paper presented at European Society for Translation Studies Congress 2010, 2010
In: Sprogvidenskab i glimt: 70 tekster om sprog i teori og praksis. . ed. /Ken Farø; Alexandra Holsting; Niels-Erik Larsen; Jens Erik Mogensen; Thora Vinther. Odense : Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2009, p. 41-47 (University of Southern Denmark Studies in Linguistics, Vol. 18)
In: Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 38, 2009, p. 9-36
: Samfundslitteratur 2009, 257 p. (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 37)
In: Sprogvidenskab i glimt: 70 tekster om sprog i teori og praksis. . ed. /Ken Farø; Alexandra Holsting; Niels-Erik Larsen; Jens Erik Mogensen; Thora Vinther. Odense : Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2009, p. 403-407 (University of Southern Denmark Studies in Linguistics, Vol. 18)
In: Sprogvidenskab i glimt: 70 tekster om sprog i teori og praksis. . ed. /Ken Farø; Alexandra Holsting; Niels-Erik Larsen; Jens Erik Mogensen; Thora Vinther. Odense : Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2009, p. 377-384 (University of Southern Denmark Studies in Linguistics, Vol. 18)
In: Sprogforum, No. 46, 2009, p. 14-19
In: Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 37, 2009, p. 1-9
In: Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 38, 2009, p. 1-7
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2009, 411 p. (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 38)
Paper presented at Phonetics Teaching & Learning Conference. PTLC, 2009
In: Copenhagen Studies in Language, Vol. 36, 2008, p. 1-7
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2008, 208 p. (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 36)
2.ed.Abingdon : Routledge 2008, 305 p. (Routledge English Language Introductions)
In: Oxford History of Lexicography. ed. /A. Cowie. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2008, p. 176-218
In: Interpreting studies and beyond: A tribute to Miriam Shlesinger. . ed. /Franz Pöchhacker; Arnt Lykke Jakobsen; Inger M. Mees. Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School Press 2007, p. 217-249 (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 35)
In: Ved lejlighed: Festskrift til Niels Davidsen-Nielsen i anledning af 70-års-dagen. . ed. /Margrethe Heidemann Andersen; Jørgen Nørby Jensen; Marianne Rathje; Jørgen Schack. København : Dansk Sprognævn 2007, p. 83-96 (Dansk Sprognævns skrifter, No. 39)
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2007, 311 p. (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 35)
In: Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2007, p. 212-218
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century. ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. Vol. 1-7, 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century.: Walter Ripman.. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. Vol. 7, 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century: Selected Writings. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. Vol. 1, 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century: Laura Soames. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. Vol. 6, 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century. Vol. 5. Henry Sweet.. ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century. Vol. 4. Alexander Melville Bell and Alexander Graham Bell.. ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century. Vol. 3. Alexander John Ellis.. ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. 2006
In: Phonetics of English in the nineteenth century. Vol. 2. Isaac Pitman.. ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. 2006
In: Tidsskrift for Universiteternes efter- og videreuddannelse, No. 7, 2006, p. 18
London : Routledge 2006, 2800 p. (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
Holten : Walvaboek 2006, 144 p.
In: Bulletin of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, No. 45, 2005, p. 81-84
London : Routledge 2003, 3128 p. (Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics)
In: Triangulating Translation: Perspectives in process oriented research. . ed. /Fabio Alves. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company 2003, p. 123-136 (Benjamins Translation Library, No. 45)
1. ed.ed.London : Routledge 2003, 267 p. (Routledge English Language Introductions)
5ed.Leiden : Brill 2003, 363 p.
Frederiksberg : Handelshøjskolens Forlag 2002, 154 p.
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 1: Phonetics of English.. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 8: Unpublished Writings and Correspondence. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 7: Selected Papers. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 6: Non-European Languages. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 5: European languages 2: Russian. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 4.: European Languages 1: Romance Languages. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 3: An English Pronouncing Dictionary.. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 2: A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Daniel Jones - Selected Works. Vol. 1: Phonetics of English. . ed. /Beverley Collins; Inger M. Mees. London : Routledge 2002
In: Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 27, 2002, p. 147-190
In: English Studies: A Journal of English Language, Vol. 82, No. 1, 2001, p. 66-73
In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2001, p. 37-56
Holten : Walvaboek 2001, 120 p.
3.ed.Copenhagen : Copenhagen Business School Press 2000, 234 p.
In: Probing the process in translation: methods and resilts. . ed. /Gyde Hansen. Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 1999, p. 135-149 (Copenhagen Studies in Language, No. 24)
Reprinted (with minor amendments)ed.Frederiksberg : Handelshøjskolens Forlag 1999, 262 p.
In: Urban voices. ed. /Paul Foulkes; Gerard Docherty. London : Hodder Arnold 1999, p. 185-202
4ed.Leiden : Brill 1999, 363 p.
Abingdon : Routledge 2021, 182 p.
Abingdon : Routledge 2021, 184 p.
In: Lexicon Grammaticorum: A Bio-Bibliographical Companion to the History of Linguistics : A-K. . ed. /Harro Stammerjohann. Vol. 1, Tübingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag 2009, p. 496-497
In: Lexicon Grammaticorum: A Bio-Bibliographical Companion to the History of Linguistics : A-K. . ed. /Harro Stammerjohann. Vol. 1, Tübingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag 2009, p. 537-538
In: Lexicon Grammaticorum: A Bio-Bibliographical Companion to the History of Linguistics : L-Z. . ed. /Harro Stammerjohann. Vol. 2, Tübingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag 2009, p. 1616-1616
In: Encyclopedia of language and linguisticsVol. 1, 2005
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In: Encyclopedia of language and linguisticsVol. 6, 2005
In: Encyclopedia of language and linguistics : Pergamon Press 2005
In: Encyclopedia of language and linguisticsVol. 13, : Pergamon Press 2005
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