1. Introduction to Russian phonology and word structure Ch 15: Realizations of morphophonemic sequences

2. Q&A 1. How do we know that голубь has a morpheme that is just {  }?

3. Q&A 1. How do we know that голубь has a morpheme that is just {  }? –If we are following the book, the answer is that голубь is related to голубой, and the only thing added to the stem of the adjective is softness (cf. the relationship of подпись to подписать) –However… we could also argue that it is the other way around…

4. Q&A 1. How do we know that голубь has a morpheme that is just {  }? –Maybe it isn’t. If we look at Slavic as a whole, we see reflexes of *golo  bь throughout, but the adjective ‘blue’ seems secondary and limited, so we could argue that the adjective results from adding a hardening suffix to the noun, compare the relationship of грусть and грустный. –But we will play along with the book…

5. Q&A 2. What do we have to know about the letter e in order to represent it morphophonemically?

6. Q&A 2. What do we have to know about the letter e in order to represent it morphophonemically? –We need to know whether it is {e} (basic e) or {  o} (basic o). By the way, we don’t need to indicate softness before {e}.

7. Q&A What do you think about the designation “-Russian”?

8. Q&A What do you think about the designation “-Russian”? –It is a very crude designation. The gradual assimilation of foreign words into Russian phonology is a very complex process, with its own hierarchies and intermediate stages. This sounds quick, dirty, and ad-hoc (something all of us are guilty of at times…).

9. Q&A 5. Hamilton is using the symbol # to mark two disparate things. What are they?

10. Q&A 5. Hamilton is using the symbol # to mark two disparate things. What are they? –The position of a mobile vowel –The presence of a zero ending In Townsend we will see a third use for # as a zero-placeholder: –The presence of a zero suffix Please try to keep these straight!

11. Why? 6. So why could I say that both сын and слон have fixed stress?

12. Why? 6. So why could I say that both сын and слон have fixed stress? –Because сын has stress fixed on the stem and слон has stress fixed on the ending (if you are willing to accept the stressing of a zero ending). We will deal with these issues in stress patterns when we get to the Levin book later on.

13. Ever more fun with transcription… 7. Let’s do these on the board…