Аннотация
Articles, theses and major scientific works of Professor K.K. Zhubanov cover many topics. This is explained by the fact that K.K. Zhubanov was a scientist who worked in all areas of Kazakh linguistics. The main emphasis of his scientific research is made on the issues of phonetics, including the sounds of the Kazakh language, their classification by the way of sounding, acoustic and articulatory features of sounds, their terminology, Kazakh language curricula and teaching methods. Especially important are the scientific conclusions of the scientist in the field of phonetics, such as determination of the quantity and quality of sounds of the Kazakh language, their classification, valuable remarks on the sounding of vowel and consonant sounds, analysis of types and features of vowel sounds by the way of their formation, description of types and characteristics of consonant sounds, as well as the study of the laws of synharmonism, their types and features. K.K. Zhubanov approached these questions with his own scientific view, paying special attention to specific linguistic data. The article deals with Professor K.K. Zhubanov's views on phonetics and his importance in Kazakh linguistics. In particular, the peculiarities of classification of linguistic sounds, types of Kazakh language sounds and their phonetic characteristics on the basis of specific examples are analysed in detail.