Phonetische Forschungen am Institut für Germanistik der Universität in Wrocław
Phonetic Research at the Institute of German Philology at the University of Wrocław

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is dedicated to phonetic research conducted at the Institute of German Philology of the University of Wrocław. The authors reach to the symbolic past and discuss the standardisation of German pronunciation proposed by Theodor Siebs, which is considered the beginning of phonetic research at the University of Wrocław. Next, the most prominent phonetic studies of the renowned representatives of the older generations: Marian Adamus, Norbert Morciniec, Stanisław Prędota and Krzysztof Janikowski, are recalled. Subsequently, extensive phonetic activities in the Research Centre for Phonetics, founded in 2018, are presented. The main points of focus in the phonetic studies include: the general phonetic perspective, the phonodidactic perspective, the prosodic perspective, the geolinguistic perspective and the sociophonetic perspective. The long-standing presence of phonetics as a subject of studies at the University of Wrocław outlined in this paper should mark that phonetics, as a part of linguistics, is a vital source of research ideas. More and more projects referring to the newest trends are being developed which enables one to consider future prospects as promising.

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