Київська фонетична школа: комплекс проблем, розроблюваних в обсязі енергетичної теорії мовлення

Abstract

The paper outlines a set of problems studied within the framework o f a brand new speech energetics theory as an interdisciplinary approach to the study of phonetic phenomena. The scope of issues elaborated within the speech energetic theory by the representatives of Kyiv School of Phonetics, embraces the following: energetics of written and oral speech manifestation; energetics of communicants’ instinctive neuromuscular activities; energetics of communicants’ psycho-physiological processes of speaking-and-thinking and thinking-and-speaking activities; segmental and suprasegmental means’ interplay; text and discourse intonation; interaction of music and speech intonation; prosodic characteristics of speech of different personalities; sociocidtural (gender, age, occupation, etc.) and dialectal specificity of oral speech; English spoken by Ukrainians; interference of the Ukrainian sound system into the English one; speech tempo-rhythm; intonation manipulative potential; subliminal effect of sound means on the recipient; the role of phonosemantic and phonostylistic means in realizing the utterance meaning; oral speech emotional and pragmatic potentials and prosodic means of their realization; cognitive aspect of intonation; rhythmic organization of texts belonging to different genres; prosodic means conveying positive and negative emotions.