LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Dialektologija; Fonetika; Fonetikos ypatybių pateikimas; Fonetikos ypatybės; Fononogija; Tarminiai žodynai; Tarmė; Transkripcija; Vakarų aukštaičių tarmė; Vakarų aukštaičių šektų žodynai; Dialect; Dialectal dictionaries; Dialectology; Phonetic features; Phonetics; Phonology; Presentation of phonetic features; Transcription; Western Highlanders Dictionaries; Western Highlanders dialect.
ENThis article reviews the presentation of phonetic features in three Western Highlanders dictionaries: Zanavykų šnektos žodynas (The Dictionary of the Zanavykai Dialect), Kazlų Rūdos šnektos žodynas (The Dictionary of the Kazlų Rūda Dialect) and Daukšių krašto žodynas (The Dictionary of Daukšiai Region). The first two dictionaries present the illustrative material in a transcribed form, whereas the third dictionary presents it written in the characters of standard spelling. The following phonetic features are usually marked in the transcribed examples of the dictionaries: the quantity of vowels and the components of diphthongs, the quality of the first component in secondary diphthongs, the qualitative variants of the vowel /е/, the consonant softness before the back vowels, some of sound coarticulation laws. The analysis of presentation of these features showed that real but very generalized usage of the dialect is usually reflected in the dialectal dictionaries. It would be more accurate to call the transcription used in the dictionaries phonological rather than phonetic. [From the publication]