Introduction to Russian phonology and word structure

1. Introduction to Russian phonology and word structure Ch 20: Ablaut, Church Slavic forms, and special verb rules

2. 2. What’s the relationship? • So how are рост and роща related?

3. 2. What’s the relationship? • So how are рост and роща related? • They have the same root; they are {rost|#} and {rost|j|a}

4. 3. Russian vs. Church Slavonic • Go over all these items on the handout and be sure to talk about the differences in meaning and correspondences between ChSl forms and mutations. Be sure to note that ChSl forms are often associated with more abstract meanings! • What is going on with орать and рало?

5. 3. Russian vs. Church Slavonic • Go over all these items on the handout and be sure to talk about the differences in meaning and correspondences between ChSl forms and mutations. • What is going on with орать and рало? • Рало is of course the tool you use for the work of орать; it developed from *ordlo, showing both metathesis and dl > l

6. 4. What’s their status? • Comment on the status of prefixes: воз- со-

7. 4. What’s their status? • Comment on the status of prefixes: воз-, со- • These are ChSl prefixes, corresponding roughly to Russian вз-, с-, but note the fact that the vowels are stable in these prefixes and there are some differences in meaning • Compare: возвести ‘elevate’ vs. взвести ‘lead up’, совратить ‘pervert, seduce’ vs. своротить ‘dislodge, turn off the road’

8. 5. Extra exercises • Let’s do these on the board!