International phonetic congresses : The shift in research practices and areas of interest over 44 years
Abstract
There is no doubt that phonetics is nowadays a well-established research discipline with a long history of its existence. The success of the first phonetic congress held in 1932 in Amsterdam gave rise to a regular series of creative meetings of phoneticians and speech scientists from across various disciplines, presenting an opportunity for fruitful discussion.
The current paper addresses the development of phonetics from the perspective of two congresses separated by 44 years, during which time the field was substantially transformed in many respects. The data are based on the proceedings from the 6th ICPhS (Prague, 1967) and the 17th ICPhS (Hong Kong, 2011).
The two congresses are compared in terms of both participants and presented papers, with a special focus on topics of the papers and methods used in experiments.