Distinktivnost zvučnosti krajnjih suglasnika u srpskohrvatskom jeziku
On the Constrative Role of Final Voiced Consonants in Serbo-Croatian
Author(s): Stanimir RakićSubject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Institut za jezik
Keywords: Serbo-Croatian language; monosyllabic and polysyllabic words; final voiced consonants; Matešić's dictionary; length of syllable;
Summary/Abstract: The statistics of minimal pains from Matešić (1965—67) and Deanović & Jernej (1982) shows that there are more monosyllabic than polysyllabic. The length of the syllable is an important factor for the contrastive function, of voicing both in, monosyllabic and polysyllabic words. Alternations of voicing which occur predominantly in contain polysyllabic words seem to be a bу-product of the process of adaptation of foreign borrowings. These facts, which appear mainly as tendencies, provide important support for the author’s rule concerning the distribution of final voiced consonants.
Journal: Književni jezik
- Issue Year: 16/1987
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-30
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Serbian