Nonce words show that Russian yer alternations are governed by the grammar
Nonce words show that Russian yer alternations are governed by the grammar
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随机数单词表明俄语 y 的交替受语法控制
DOI:
10.1007/s11049-013-9197-5
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
M. Becker
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作者:
M. Gouskova;M. Becker
Even though vowel deletion in Russian is lexically-restricted, the identity of alternating vowels is partially predictable: only mid vowels delete, but even mid vowels cannot delete in some contexts. We report on two nonce word studies asking Russian speakers to rate paradigms in which a vowel was deleted. The ratings strongly correlated with the quality of the vowel: deletion of mid vowels was rated higher than deletion of high and low vowels. We also found that deletion in certain syllabic contexts was rated as ungrammatical: deletion cannot affect words that have a complex coda, and it cannot create clusters with a medial sonorant. Finally, deletion in disyllables was rated higher than deletion in monosyllables, reflecting the trends in the lexicon. These results suggest that even for this lexically-restricted alternation, speakers have formed a phonological generalization.