Lexical stress variation and rhythmic alternation in Russian

A pilot study

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ID7913181
AuthorsAnton Kukhto (Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, corresponding author), Alexander Piperski (0000-0003-3043-2165, HSE)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue1
Pages33-55
Publication date2020-03-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistic Variation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-6834 • E-ISSN: 2211-6842
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lv.16013.kuk
OpenAlexW3004179372
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Our paper investigates lexical stress placement variation in Modern Standard Russian past tense verbal forms. This kind of variation has arisen due to complex interactions of various processes in the development of Russian and its present-day state is said (often rather impressionistically) to be conditioned by intra-speaker sociolinguistic factors. However, cases of inter-speaker variation can also be observed. We put forward a proposal that stress placement in forms with variable stress is influenced by the rhythmic pattern of immediate linear context. To support this, we report on a pilot experiment that shows a preference towards alternating rhythm in a sequence consisting of a past tense verbal form of a transitive verb and its direct object, thus conforming to the fundamental principle of rhythmic alternation. The results also raise some questions about the phonology of stress and stress variation in Russian and beyond

Astrophysics · Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Phonology · Physics · Rhythm · Transitive relation · Verb · Communication · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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