Word stress as a multifunctional element in Russian language system Cover Image

Udarenie kak polifunkcional’nyj sistemnyj element russkogo âzyka ( na material’e glagol’nyh form)
Word stress as a multifunctional element in Russian language system

Author(s): Joanna Woch
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: language system; word stress; word building; accentual system

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to emphasise the multifunctional character of the word stress in Russian language system. Being a suprasegmental unit of language it is interconnected with other subsystems of language. Russian word stress may be the only semantic differentiator of homonyms, binds words belonging to the same derivational type and indicates the grammatical meaning of the words

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 219-230
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian