PHONETICAL TERMINOLOGY IN P. ZALOZNY’S “SHORT GRAMMAR OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE” (1906)

Abstract

The article analyzes the achievements of P. Zalozny as a compiler of phonetical terminology in the “Short Grammar of the Ukrainian Language” (Poltava, 1906). P. Zalozny’s grammar was an authoritative work of the Dnieper region in the beginning of the XX century, based on the scientific positions of V. Naumenko (1889), A. Sobolevsky (1891), V. Kotsovsky and I. Ogonovsky (1904), and was also written with a focus on the terminological corpus of the language, which was produced in Galicia. This work was designed to teach everyone who wanted to know the Ukrainian language, that’s why it is based on native language connections. In the beginning of the XX century sections of grammars were mainly phonetics, morphology, syntax, and so on. P. Zalozny’s «Short Grammar of the Ukrainian Language» reveals the linguistic terms that the scientist proposed for teaching the language in school education. The article focuses on the terms of phonetics in the grammar of the scientist. It is proved that the phonetical terms recorded by the “Short Grammar of the Ukrainian Language” are included in and complement the linguistic terminology system of P. Zalozny. It is found that only in grammar the scientist introduces a number of phonetical terms: «глухі самозвуки», «піднебенні співзвуки», «опуст». The phonetical terms used by P. Zalozny in his work are characterized by a partial linguistic expression. The affiliation of these terms to one or another part of the language reproduces the author’s approach of the scientist to the development of the phonetical terminology. It should be noted that P. Zalozny’s grammar is dominated the phonetical names that reflect the model adjective + noun, there are model terms noun and noun + noun which are less commonly used. The values of P. Zalozny’s term-making activity in the context of his time are emphasized. The developed phonetical terminology in the grammar of the scientist contributed to the good mastering of the doctrine of the phonetics of the Ukrainian language. We claim that the terminological work continued to be realized by H. Sherstyuk and V. Kotsovsky, I. Ogonovsky in their grammars. Confirmation of this opinion is the absolute coincidence of the phonetical terms in the textbooks of scientists.