Word Accent in the Formation of Nouns, Adjectives and Numerals in the Bansko Dialect Cover Image

Ударение при формообразуването на съществителните, прилагателните и числителните имена в банския говор
Word Accent in the Formation of Nouns, Adjectives and Numerals in the Bansko Dialect

Author(s): Radoslav Tsonev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: word accent; accent paradigms; the Bansko dialect

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the accent paradigms emerging from the different forms of nouns, adjectives and numerals in the Bansko dialect. This dialect tends to stabilise the accent in specific rhythmic-intonational groups, where stress distribution occurs within the boundaries of a single phonetic word. In such accent systems, the combined influence of morphological and rhythmic-intonational (syntactic) factors leads to the development of a distinct rhythmic melody. In the Bansko dialect, this phenomenon is observed both in phrases containing a phonetic word (base word + enclitic) and in polysyllabic (four-syllable or longer) words with double stress.

  • Issue Year: 72/2025
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 449-474
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bulgarian
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