The Stressed Vowel [a] in the Pronunciation of Polish Women Living in Kazakhstan Cover Image

Realizacja akcentowanych samogłosek ustnych w mowie Polek z Kazachstanu
The Stressed Vowel [a] in the Pronunciation of Polish Women Living in Kazakhstan

Author(s): Justyna Garczyńska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: linguistics; acoustic phonetics; vowel; north-borderland Polish

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to provide a phonetic description of the stressed vowel [a] used in the pronunciation of ten Polish women living in Kokchetav Raion (northern Kazakhstan) in the double-sided context of hard vowels. In the years 1936–1937 the women were deported from Szepetowski, Poskirowski and Volyn Oblasts of the Soviet Ukraine. Acoustic phonetic methods and statistics were used in the research. The pronunciation of the vowel in question has been compared with the relevant realizations in the general Polish, Russian and Ukrainian language.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 101-118
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish