MODERN ACCENT TYPES OF ADJECTIVE IN THE CHORNOBYL ZONE DIALECTS AS REFLEXES OF PROTO-SLAVIC ACCENTUAL PARADIGMS


2018. № 1 (15), 150-162

Ukrainian Language Institute of The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Abstract:

The article deals with the most characteristic types and tendencies of adjectives accentuation in the Chornobyl zone dialects. Modern accentual types are compared with the reconstructed pre-Slavic accent paradigms. An analysis of adjectives accentuation in the reductive area shows that stress is a bright feature that integrates and simultaneously differentiates and separates these dialects in the general Ukrainian context. A special feature of adjectives accent system is the preservation of ancient stress of word initial syllable (׀жіивіи, с׀машна); the transfer of stress on the suffixal vowel (ду׀бовиі, салам׀йаниійе); the connection of the stress (stress point) in the corresponding nouns and adjectives derived from them.