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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2008  
         
  Article:   ПРОБЛЕМА ПОНИМАНИЯ ПРЕДМЕТА ФОНЕТИКИ. ДИСКУССИЯ ПО ВОПРОСАМ ФОНОЛОГИИ В «ИЗВЕСТИЯХ АН СССР» / THE PROBLEM OF PHONETICS’ OBJECT APPROACH. POLEMICS OUT OF THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE „IZVESTIYA”.(BETWEEN 1952-1953), REFERRING TO THE PHONOLOGY STATE.

Authors:  JUDIT BARTALIS-BÁN.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  The Problem of Phonetics’ Object Approach. Polemics out of the Pages of the Magazine „Izvestiya” (between 1952-1953), Referring to the Phonology State. The problem of phonetics’ object definition has its history. Phonetics definition as a science about language sounds became an anacronycal one at the beginning of the XXth century. Once introducing such terms as phoneme and phonology controversies related to the vision about the term of phonetics, about its content, being viewed as a science dealing with acoustics- physiological side of sounds or as a science, that besides these two, studies as well the functional side of sounds of a language appeared, considering phonology as an independent linguistic discipline. In 1952 the staff of „Izvestiya” magazine edition of the Science Academy of the Soviet Union initiated a polemics referred to phonology problems. The article viewing polemics presentation was signed by a young phonologue Shaumyan S.K., a linguist with a phonological vision similar with the phonological theories of the Phonological School from Moscow, titled The problems of phoneme. The fact that the article doesn’t present its opinion about polemics’ subject was underlined in the edition note. The participants at the discussion were given an explicit indication for criticizing Shaumyan. In the mentioned article Shaumyan remembers everything that was obtained in phonology sphere up to now. Criticizing the terminology of Phonological school of Moscow, the author suggests the introduction of the term of combined phoneme. As well, he has been cruelty criticized in the article the theory of L.V. Shcherba about the type of sound. Demagogical and lightly extremist tone of Shaymian managed, really, to turn down the existent canons and routine of scientific life of time. However, the polemics took an unwilling, tendentious, unprincipled way that didn’t allow, for example, the appreciation of the promising qualities of a great linguist Shaumyan S.K.  
         
     
         
         
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