Dėl kai kurių priesaginių veiksmažodžių kirčiavimo normų
On the accentuation norms of some suffixed verbs

Summary/Abstract: When preparing the new dictionary of standard Lithuanian, the Pronunciation and Accentuation Sub-commission under the Commission of the State Lithuanian Language had to review all debatable accentuation cases of the parts of speech and prepare recommendations on how to correct the accentuation patterns. One of such recommendations has the following title: On the accentuation of some suffixed verbs. The present paper aims at giving a broader overview of the above recommendation, an analysis of possible reasons, which might have determined the change and amendment of accentuation norms of some prefixed verbs. The analysis of the verb accentuation tendencies has attested to the fact that normative dictionaries do not always provide a consistent treatment of the accentuation of a large part of suffixational derivatives, those with the suffix -uoti, -inti, -(i)oti, -ėti, -auti, -telėti, -yti (except for the derivatives with the suffixes -inėti and -enti). The sub-commission did a great job: they got acquainted with the history of the problem cases of the suffixed verb accentuation norm codification, new research results into the accentuation of prefixed verbs, also analysed the accentuation tendencies of spoken language. The accentuation norms of some suffixed verbs have been codified in accordance with the principle of norm changing through variants. Usually the new accentuation analogues were identified as the second variants; it has been quite rare that non-systemic language facts underwent radical changes (they were totally rejected or the new variants were submitted as the main ones). In some cases the former accentuation patterns were discarded; an exception was made to some more systemic and more popular forms.

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