Stressing the past : : papers on Baltic and Slavic accentology / / edited by Thomas Olander, Jenny Helena Larsson.

• Superior document: Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; v. 35
• Author: International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology
• TeilnehmendeR: Olander, Thomas, 1974-; Larsson, Jenny Helena, 1973-; Illich-Svitych, V. M. 1934-1966.; International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology (2nd : 2006 : University of Copenhagen)
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York : : Rodopi,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English; German; Russian
• Series: Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 pages).
• Notes: "Some of the articles represent elaborated versions of papers presented at the Second International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology (IWoBA II), held at the University of Copenhagen on 1-3 September 2006"--Preface.; Workshop and volume dedicated to Vladislav Markovich Illich-Svitych.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Zum 40. Todestag des russischen Sprachforschers Dr. V. M. Illič-Svityč /; Slavic verbal accentuation – notes on origin and development /; Slavic evidence for Balto-Slavic oxytona /; Cиctema πopoЖДehИя akЦehthbix tИПob ПpoИЗboДhbix b бaЛto-cЛabяhckom ПpaяЗbike /; Metatony in Lithuanian internal derivation /; The accent of Slavic *ja (zb) ‘I’ /; Accent retraction and tonogenesis /; The accentuation of Old Prussian diews ‘god’ /; O Hekotopbix akЦehtyaЦИohhbix ocoбehhoctяx cyЩectbИteЛbhbix a.П. c B ctapocepбckИx ПamяthИkax /; The accentuation of the Slavic n-stems /; A note on Slaaby-Larsen’s law /; On Winter’s law in Balto-Slavic /; Hirt’s law and Optimality Theory /; On Romance-Alpo-Slavic substitutional accentology: the case of pre-Slavic masculine substrate place names in Slovene /; The accentuation of i-verbs in some Russian dialects: an innovation that preserves an archaism /; Tone in Latvian borrowings from Old Russian /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9042032170
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Thomas Olander, Jenny Helena Larsson.

From a synchronic point of view, the various accentuation systems found in the Baltic and Slavic languages differ considerably from each other. We find languages with free accent and languages with fixed accent, languages with and without syllabic tones, and languages with and without a distinction between short and long vowels. Yet despite the apparent diversity in the attested Baltic and Slavic languages, the sources from which these languages have developed – the reconstructed languages referred to as Proto-Baltic and Proto-Slavic respectively – seem to have had very similar accentuation systems. The prehistory and development of the Baltic and Slavic accentuation systems is the main topic of this book, which contains sixteen articles on Baltic and Slavic accentology written by some of the world’s leading specialists in this field.