This thesis examines the patterns of stress found in modern Russian inflectional paradigms (nouns, verbs and adjectives), and variation in these patterns. It also examines the 'retraction' of stress onto prepositions before certain nouns and numerals, for example нá день, зá сорок, and onto the negative particles не and ни before the past forms of certain verbs, for example нé дан, нѝ бьіло, and variability in these phenomena. After a detailed survey of literature in the field, a new approach to the treatment of mobile stress in Russian is proposed, called the 'distinctive approach'. This approach takes as its basis not the movement of stress between word-forms, from one morpheme, or one syllable, to another, but rather the patterns of contrasts made by stress between word-forms, and the resulting phonetic realisation of stems. This forms the basis of an original categorisation of the inflectional stress patterns found for nouns, verbs and adjectives, which are examined in detail. Areas of instability in the system are identified, as indicated by the existence of stress variants. Certain of these areas are then further investigated by means of a comparison of dictionary data from standard reference works of the last forty years with new research data provided by a survey of twenty-one Muscovites in the age-range 23 to 62; full tables are given containing the results of this investigation. Each word is then discussed in detail, and a summary given of the changes in stress identified for each word-class. This thesis concludes that there is widespread variation in patterns of mobile stress, and that developments of a varied and disparate nature are taking place in the different parts of the inflectional system. There is, in addition, some evidence that stress mobility, particularly within the sub-paradigm, is being abandoned in favour of fixed stem- or desinence-stress. A reduction in the incidence of stress mobility is also seen in the area of the 'retraction' of stress onto prepositions and negative particles.

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1967. / Bibliography: leaves 135-136. / viii, 136 l

Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2002. / Chapter one outlines the aim of the study, research design and the statement of problem It further explains the methods of research that will be used. A theoretical background is discussed to clarify the research problem. Chapter two gives the background to the study of vowels in Sesotho and isiZulu. Highlights through vowel charts have been displayed to show positional differences. Chapter three concentrates on the origin of SeSotho and isiZulu vowels phonemes. It further looks at the historical background of the close vowels and the alternating roles of vowels fu] and [i] in different languages. Chapter four deals with the nature of Sesotho close vowels and isiZulu close vowels. A comparisons in terms of the origin of close vowels is conducted in this chapters. Chapter five examines the role of close vowels in the juxtaposed lexemes. The role of close vowels has been analysed in both SeSotho and isiZulu languages. Chapter six looks at terminative phonemes in deverbatives in both languages in question. A schematic representation of demorphemized isiZulu /-a-/ and SeSotho /-a/ phonemes in syntactic construction is also investigated. Chapter seven concludes by sumrnarizing the main findings of this study and it also suggests recommendations for future research

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 268-275). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

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Thesis--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-217).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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