Английская Википедия:Illič-Svityč's law
In linguistics, Illič-Svityč's law refers to two Proto-Slavic rules, named after Vladislav Illich-Svitych who first identified and explained them.
Neuter o-stems
Proto-Slavic neuter o-stems with fixed accent on a non-acute root (accent paradigm b) become masculine, retaining the accent paradigm. Compare:
- PIE Шаблон:PIE n > OCS dvorъ m
- PIE *médʰu n 'mead' > PSl. *medu m (OCS medъ)
This rule is important because it operated after the influx of Proto-Germanic/Gothic thematic neuters, which all became masculines in Proto-Slavic. Late Proto-Germanic (after the operation of Verner's law) had fixed accent on the first syllable. Compare:
- PSl. *xlaiwu m 'pigsty' (OCS xlěvъ ) < PGm. Шаблон:Wikt-lang n
- PSl. *xūsu/xūzu m 'house' (OCS xyzъ) < PGm. Шаблон:Wikt-lang n
- PSl. *pulku m 'folk, people' (OCS plъkъ) < PGm. Шаблон:Wikt-lang n
Masculine o-stems
Proto-Slavic masculine o-stems with fixed accent on a non-acute root (accent paradigm b) become mobile-accent (accent paradigm c). This change is also termed "Holzer's metatony", after linguist Georg Holzer who described it.[1]
Older literature suggests that this was not a Common Slavic innovation, and that there are exceptions in some Croatian Čakavian dialects of Susak and Istria, which have retained the original accentuation. This has been recently disputed.[2]
Notes
References
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Willem Vermeer (2001). Critical observations on the modus operandi of the Moscow Accentological School, Werner Lehfeldt, Einführung in die morphologische Konzeption der slavischen Akzentologie, 2d edition, München: Sagner, pp. 131–161.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Vermeer 2001
