Диссимилятивный вокализм: три говора

Abstract

[eng] <p>The paper analyzes the pre-stress vocalic systems in three parts of Russia, the Smolensk, Tambov, and Kostroma regions, which are maximally distant from each other. The results of the auditory, instrumental, and statistical analyses support the initial hypothesis of the con- tinuous phonologization of phonetic phenomena. Thus, in the dialects with the Zhizdra type of phonological opposition of pre-stressed vowels, some traces of the initial coarticulatory dependence are observed manifesting in the presence of statistically significant quantitative contrasts that do not coincide with the line of phonologization; specifically – contrasts in the duration of pre-stressed vowels before stressed high and middle vowels. Furthermore, in dialects with dissimilative systems, statistically significant contrasts in quality (the value of the first formant) are detected, attesting to the assimilative phenomena as well as the effect of the secondary articulation of the following consonant on the realization of the pre-stressed vowel. Hence, the positional distribution of pre-stressed vowels can be phonetically mani- fested in three different ways – predominantly by duration, predominantly by vowel quality or by both means.</p>