Interactions of Vowel Quality and Prosody in East Slavic
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This book develops an Optimality-theoretic model of the interaction of phonological tone with segmental sonority, arguing that tone can interact directly with vowel quality without mediating factors such as syllable structure or duration. The proposal is tested against rich and complex patterns of vowel reduction in East Slavic dialects. Though the idea that tone constitutes a part of the phonological system of some Slavic languages has been around for decades, the relationship between tone and vowel reduction has not been systematically explored in previous studies. A tone-based model developed in this book unifies many apparently disparate phenomena by proposing a limited set of constraints, whose minimal re-rankings yield the attested East Slavic vocalic patterns. On the descriptive side, this study formulates novel generalisations and presents linguistic data not previously discussed in generative linguistics. This book will be of use to students and scholars interested in phonology, Slavic languages, and the theory of grammar in general.
Published: Nov 3, 2022
Series
| Section | Chapter | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Prelims | ||
| Acknowledgements | Janina Mołczanow | |
| List of Abbreviations | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 1 | ||
| Theoretical Background | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 2 | ||
| East Slavic Vowel Patterns: Basic Generalisations | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 3 | ||
| East Slavic Metrical System | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 4 | ||
| Extreme Reduction | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 5 | ||
| Tone-driven Reduction | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 6 | ||
| Harmonic Systems | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 7 | ||
| Vowel Reduction in the Context of Palatalized Consonants | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Chapter 8 | ||
| Concluding Remarks | Janina Mołczanow | |
| End Matter | ||
| References | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Language Index | Janina Mołczanow | |
| Subject Index | Janina Mołczanow | |
Reviews
The book is an invaluable resource on the data on vowel reduction in East Slavic. I recommend it to anyone interested in the process of vowel reduction and factors that can influence it. It would be a great resource for scientists working on Slavic languages and those who are interested in the interaction of stress with vowel quality and quantity. The book also does a great job of comparing the proposed analysis with prior theoretical work on this topic.
Phonology