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Introduction to Russian phonology and word structure Ch 10: Foreign words and the standard language
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Q&A 1. What are the phonetic adjustments that foreign words often fail to make in Russian?
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Q&A 1. What are the phonetic adjustments that foreign words often fail to make in Russian? –Vowel reduction –Softening of consonants before front vowels –Restriction of certain co-occurences, such as soft velar + back vowel or hard consonant + e
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Q&A 2. What are some phonetic adjustments that foreign words DO make?
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Q&A 2. What are some phonetic adjustments that foreign words DO make? –Voicing assimilation –Substitution of native sounds for foreign ones (e.g., true dentals for alveolars, etc.)
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Discussion Let’s talk about the subsystem of Russian phonology that foreign words pass through…
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Q&A 4. What foreign sounds have had an effect on the Russian sound system?
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Q&A 4. What foreign sounds have had an effect on the Russian sound system? –A good example is [f]. For example, in older Russian, ‘Joseph’ was borrowed as Осип, where the fricative [f] was changed to a stop [p] in order to adjust it to the system (where [v] was not yet as much of an obstruent and didn’t devoice); later borrowings of the same name came out as Иосиф; much later borrowings such as арфа helped to establish [f] in other positions as well…
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