The VI International Round Table “Current Trends in Phonetic Studies” took place online on 21 April 2023, hosted by the Departments of Theory, Practice and Translation of French and English. It was dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
The event opened with remarks by the head of the Kyiv Phonetic School, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor A. A. Kalyta, Professor in the Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of French.
The plenary session featured internationally recognized specialists in theoretical and experimental phonetics. International participants included Volker Dellwo (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Alessandro Vitale and Claudio Barna (University of Milan, Italy), and Jolita Urbanavičienė (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania).
Section presentations covered experimental studies of the sound structure of Ukrainian, English and French speech; approaches to the phonetic study of discourse; phonosemantic and phonostylistic analyses across text genres; and speaker identification through phonetic characteristics.
The participants expressed special thanks to the organizers, A. A. Kalyta, I. S. Poliuk and L. I. Taranenko, for preparing this important event for the Kyiv Phonetic School and its guests. The programme of the round table of 21 April 2023 is attached to the original announcement.
