SALĪDZINāMI VĒSTURISKĀS VALODNIECIBAS FAKTI fonētikas mācībU SATURA SKAIDROJUMā LATVIEŠU skolu gramatikās 20. GADSIMTA 20.–50. GADOS

The aim of the article is to indicate the comparative-historical linguistic facts used in teaching Latvian language phonetics. Study programmes, contents of specific textbooks published in 1923–1940 and 1945–1958 is the basis for identifying the extent to which comparative-historical linguistic findings are found in curriculum. Practical application of findings of comparative-historical linguistics on Latvian language textbooks provides students with improved understanding of historic background of the language and knowledge base required to analyse historic processes affecting the language development. After the WWII the role of phonetics in curriculum narrowed, giving way to morphology and syntax, both considered more valuable. Historic accounts of phonetic phenomena, origin of accents and transformations, are substituted by other areas.KEY WORDS: phonetics, textbook, school programme, comparative-historical linguistics