Professor John C. Wells explains three defining criteria of Received Pronunciation (sociolinguistic, ideal, and EFL) in a lecture at the University College London Summer Course in English Phonetics 1994. (with subtitles) Reference: Wells, J. C. (2014) _Sounds Interesting_ (pp. 38-39, p. 172), Cambridge University Press.
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