Chapter 13. Phonology: Stress and Vowel Reduction

Authors

  • Tore Nesset UiT The Arctic University of Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/8.3503

Abstract

Where do the complex stress patterns in Modern Russian come from? And why is Москва ‘Moscow’ pronounced with an unstressed [a] in the first syllable? In this chapter, you learn about the history of two related phenomena that cause problems for learners of Russian: stress patterns and vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.

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Published

2015-08-10

How to Cite

Nesset, T. (2015). Chapter 13. Phonology: Stress and Vowel Reduction. Septentrio Educational, (1). https://doi.org/10.7557/8.3503

Issue

No. 1 (2015): How Russian Came to Be the Way it Is: A Student’s Guide to the History of the Russian Language

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Chapters

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