BALTIC-FINNISH PHONETIC COMPONENT IN THE LEXIS
OF THE ZAONEZHYE DIALECTS Cover Image

ПРИБАЛТИЙСКО-ФИНСКИЙ ФОНЕТИЧЕСКИЙ КОМПОНЕНТ В ЛЕКСИКЕ ГОВОРОВ ЗАОНЕЖЬЯ
BALTIC-FINNISH PHONETIC COMPONENT IN THE LEXIS OF THE ZAONEZHYE DIALECTS

Author(s): Lubov Petrovna Mikhailova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: Zaonezhye dialects; lexicalization of phonetic phenomena; language contacts

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the main features of the dialect of the northern part of Lake Onega coast (Zaonezhye), which refl ect the complexhistory of this territory settlement and the formation of a regional dialect system. It describes the phonetic phenomena that developedunder the infl uence of the Baltic-Finnish languages: recessive shift of stress, accompanied by a change of fi rst syllable vowels (suchas lyá zhit < lezhí t, s tá boy < s tobó y); transition of [j] into [g’] [d’] at the beginning of a word (gí zdit’ < yezdit’, des < *dezd < yezd);simplifi cation of consonant combinations (gverstá > verstá , greslí viy < reslí viy) and others. The article focuses on the lexicalizationof certain phonetic phenomena, dialect words existing only in the Zaonezhye dialects.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7 (184)
  • Page Range: 38-43
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Russian