Balto-Slavic Accentual Mobility

Bibliographic Data

ID23140856
AuthorsThomas Olander (0000-0002-7938-2827, corresponding author)
Year2009
Publication date2009-02-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueBalto-Slavic Accentual Mobility (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMouton de Gruyter (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9783110213355
OpenAlexW2142751772
Open LibraryOL39834459M
ISBN9783110213355
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited3

Why does the accent jump back and forth in Russian words like golová 'head', acc. gólovu , gen. golový , dat. golové etc.? How come we find similar alternations in other Slavic languages and in a Baltic language like Lithuanian? The quest for the origin of the so-called "mobile accent paradigms" of Baltic and Slavic leads the reader through other Indo-European language branches such as Indo-Iranian, Greek and Germanic, all of which are relevant to the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European accentuation system. After the examination of the evidence for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European accentuation system, focus is moved to the Baltic and Slavic accentuation systems and their relationship to each other and to Proto-Indo-European. A comprehensive history of research and numerous bibliographical references to earlier pieces of scholarship throughout the book make it a useful tool for anybody who is interested in Balto-Slavic and Indo-European accentology. Written in a simple style and constantly aiming at presenting old and new opinions on the various problems, the volume may serve as an introduction to this complicated field.

Linguistics · Slavic languages · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Baltic languages · Indo-European languages

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