SOME ACCENTUATION OPTIONS FOR NON-DERIVATIVE FEMININE NOUNS WITH STEM ENDING WITH -А (-YA)

Abstract

One of the unstable links in the field of nominal stress is accentuation of non-derivative feminine nouns with a stem ending with -а (-ya). It is well-known that during the development of the literary language, the place of stress in these lexemes gradually changed. In particular, there is a transition in subparadigm of the plural from flexion stress to root stress, as a result an additional opposition of numerical subparadigms is formed. Such changes are associated with the tendency of grammaticalization marked by V. N. Sidorov: singular and plural nouns strive for opposition on the basis of accent (old accent paradigms unite, and the stress in them is unified in singular and plural forms). To clarify the features of modern accent processes and clarify orthoepic recommendations we conducted an experiment. The results of the experiment, on the one hand, confirmed the tendency noted by V. N. Sidorov, and on the other hand, have shown nouns that do not follow this pattern and keep the old stress, as well as word forms, the stress in which changes differently. Accentuation dynamics are not always adequately reflected in modern spelling dictionaries: the results of the experiment clearly demonstrate that for a number of names, codification decisions should be adjusted. It is obvious that it is not the class of words that requires close attention, but each individual word (and sometimes even a word form). Refs 20.