Thomas Willis
Thomas Willis
Thomas Willis (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
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Etymology
The term "Willis" is of Germanic origin, derived from the Old High German word 'willio' meaning 'desire' or 'will'. The name Thomas is of Greek origin, derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא /tɑʔwmɑʔ/, meaning 'twin'.
Life and Work
Thomas Willis was born in Great Bedwyn, England in 1621. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and later became a professor of natural philosophy there. Willis made significant contributions to the understanding of the anatomy and function of the brain and nervous system. His most notable work, Cerebri Anatome (Anatomy of the Brain), published in 1664, is considered a landmark in the history of neurology.
Willis was also a founding member of the Royal Society, an organization dedicated to promoting scientific knowledge. He died in London in 1675.
Related Terms
- Neurology: The branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system.
- Anatomy: The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms.
- Royal Society: A learned society for science, and possibly the oldest such society still in existence.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Thomas Willis
- Wikipedia's article - Thomas Willis
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski