What dialects can tell us about the external and internal history of Balkan Slavic: The case of word stress in the masculine noun
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 12:00PM - 2:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
When treating the case of word stress in the masculine noun in Bulgarian and the adjacent dialects of eastern Macedonia and
southeastern Serbia, the comparative linguist is confronted with a particularly daunting puzzle, since most of the useful information
must be derived from the position of stress in only one particular form, namely the definite singular (e.g., bratut ‘the brother’ vs.
gradut ‘the town’). Why do some nouns shift the stress onto the article, while others do not? The answer to this question
sheds interesting light upon the history of Balkan Slavic and its relation to the rest of Slavic.
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