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Międzynarodowy alfabet fonetyczny (IPA) w transkrypcji fonetycznej języka polskiego
| Title in English | International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in Phonetic Transcription of the Polish Language |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Polonistyka wobec wyzwań współczesności. V Kongres Polonistyki Zagranicznej, Brzeg - Opole, 10-13 lipca 2012 r. |
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| Keywords | Polish phonetics; phonetic notation; IPA; phonetic transcript of language; inventory of Polish sounds |
| Description | The main goal of this paper is not only to present the current official version of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), a system of phonetic notation created and developed by the International Phonetic Association, which is intended to be a standardized representation of all sounds that occur in natural languages, but also to propose the standardized IPA for Polish. The paper postulates the need for unification and internationalization of metalanguage in Polish linguistic studies, especially in the field of phonetic research, points out advantages of the IPA, and briefly describes previous attempts to transcribe Polish sounds using this phonetic notation. The main aim of the paper focuses on the proposal of the representation of Polish vocals and consonants. Alternate interpretations have been discussed and new solutions have been developed. Special attention has been devoted to possible representations of Polish nasal diphthongs, palatalized and so-called post-palatal sounds, and alveolar fricatives that have been analyzed as retroflex consonants. As a result, a complete inventory of Polish sounds represented in the IPA has been presented. |