Phrase prosody of a southern Russian dialect: Rogovatoe

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This paper deals with the phrase intonation of the Southern Russian dialect spoken in the village of Rogovatoe, in the Starooskol’sky district of the Belgorod region. The study is devoted to the analysis of the prosodic structure of various communicative categories: statements, yes-no questions, wh-questions, non-finality, imperative, and vocative. Based on the examination of more than 7000 sentences, I argue that the dialect of Rogovatoe uses only two monotonal pitch accents — H* and L* — as opposed to three bitonal accents of Modern Standard Russian. I also postulate two final boundary tones — H% and L% — for this dialect, while no proof of a phonological distinction between the high and the low phrase accents was found. Finally, the idiom of Rogovatoe employs the phonological distinction between the high and the low initial boundary tone — %H and %L. Therefore, the prosodic system of this Southern Russian dialect is much more focused on the level tones than Modern Standard Russian utilizing predominantly contour (rising and falling) tones.

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Sergey V. Knyazev

Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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2. Fig. 2.1. The curve of the general question Is this Ivanov? (SRLYA)

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3. Fig. 2.2. The curve of the general question Is this Ivanova? (SRLYA)

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4. Fig. 2.3. The CHOT curve of the phrase Have you seen her man? (Vadyuga village, Verkhnetoyemsky district, Arkhangelsk region)

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5. Fig. 2.4. The CHOT curve of the general question About another gypsy? (Klimovskoye village, Konoshsky district, Arkhangelsk region)

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6. Fig. 2.5. The CHOT curve of the general question Coming soon? (AAD1926)

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7. Fig. 2.6. The curve of the general question of the CHOT Isn't it true? (AAD1926)

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8. Fig. 2.7. The CHOT curve of the general question Are you taking pictures?

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9. Fig. 2.8. The CHOT curve of the general question Will you go through the garden? (AAD1926)

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10. Fig. 2.9. The CHOT curve of the general question Got it? (EAJ1935)

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11. Fig. 2.10. The CHOT curve of the general question Well, have you written it? That's all? (AAD1926)

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12. Fig. 2.11. The NPV curve of the general question Sold? (MRK1930)

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13. Fig. 2.12. The curve of the general question of the CHOT And this is nothing, are you always, probably, with her? (AAD1926)

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14. Fig. 2.13. The CHOT curve of the general question Well, have you seen it? (AIF1949)

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15. Fig. 2.14. The CHOT curve of the general question Will you take money from me for an apartment? (AAD1926)

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16. Fig. 2.15. The CHOT curve of the general question Will you go and help me? (AAD1926)

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17. Fig. 2.16. The CHOT curve of the general question "Friends, will you replace me?" (EAZh1935)

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18. Fig. 2.17. The CHOT curve of the general question Have you ever received communion? (AAD1926)

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19. Fig. 2.18. The CHOT curve of the general question Maybe you know, behind this? (EAJ1935)

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20. Fig. 2.19. The COT curve of the general question Are you selling? (AAD1926)

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21. Fig. 2.20. The CHOT curve of the general question Was it in Moscow? (EAJ1935)

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22. Fig. 2.21. The CHOT curve of the general question Have you finished your potatoes? (AIF 1949)

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23. Fig. 2.22. The curve of the general question "Have you not been?" (ZVP1927, Ilyinskoye village, Vyshnevolotsky district, Tver region) [Knyazev, Dyachenko 2023b]

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24. Fig. 2.23. The curve of the general question of Rogulka? (LF1932, Ulyankino village, Belozersky district, Vologda region) [Knyazev, Dyachenko 2023]

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25. Fig. 2.24. The curve of the NPV of the repeated demand In the museum? (MPYU1928)

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26. Fig. 2.25. The curve of the CHOT of the repeated question: on the left — Was?; on the right — Sveta? (EAZh1935)

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27. Fig. 2.26. The NPV curve What month is it? July? (AAD1926)

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28. Fig. 3.1. Top: CHOT curve of the phrase This is Ivanova (neutral statement, IK-1, SRLYa); bottom: CHOT curve of the phrase This is Ivanova! (non-neutral statement, IK-2, SRLYa)

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29. Fig. 3.2. The CHOT curve of the phrase The Little Hut Was (EAZh1935)

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30. Fig. 3.3. The CHOT curve of the phrase They give bottles (AAD1926)

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31. Fig. 3.4. The CHOT curve of the phrase I eto shlenka (MPYu1928)

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32. Fig. 3.5. The CHOT curve of the phrase And I say: “Come on” (EAZh1935)

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33. Fig. 3.6. The CHOT curve of the phrase And sits (AAD1926)

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34. Fig. 3.7. The CHOT curve of the phrase Burakami sown (EAZh1935)

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35. Fig. 3.8. The CHOT curve of the phrase And then my leg - my knee - started hurting (AAD1926)

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36. Fig. 3.9. The CHOT curve of the phrase Yes in the country (AIF1949)

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37. Fig. 3.10. The CHOT curve of the phrase Priezhayut (PIT1932)

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38. Fig. 3.11. The CHOT curve of the phrase And forward (AAD1926)

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39. Fig. 3.12. The CHOT curve of the phrase Something must happen sometime (AAD1926)

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40. Fig. 3.13. The CHOT curve of the phrase Well, I didn’t take it (AIF1949)

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41. Fig. 3.14. The CHOT curve of the phrase We went to this chamber (EAZh1935)

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42. Fig. 3.15. The CHOT curve of the phrase A in people! (AAD1926)

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43. Fig. 3.16. The CHOT curve of the phrase No need! (EAZh1935)

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44. Fig. 3.17. The curve of the CHOT phrase "Da zemlyanoy byl!" (EAZh1935)

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45. Fig. 3.18. The CHOT curve of the words raven, crow, little raven (IK-1, SRLYA)

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46. Fig. 3.19. The CHOT curve of the phrase I have not seen hemp (PIT1932)

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47. Fig. 3.20. The CHOT curve of the phrase Here I am weeding garlic (AAD1926)

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48. Fig. 3.21. The CHOT curve of the phrase Yes, maybe we are doing it badly (AAD1926)

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49. Fig. 3.22. The CHOT curve of the phrases Is it possible? Is it possible (AAD1926)

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50. Fig. 3.23. The CHOT curve of the phrases Yes and No! (EAJ1935)

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51. Fig. 3.24. The CHOT curve of the phrase (— Are you cutting up fish?) — No! Vadyuga village, Arkhangelsk region.

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52. Fig. 4.1. The curve of the specific question How is it? (EAJ1935)

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53. Fig. 4.2. The Why Questions Curve (AAD1926)

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54. Fig. 4.3. The curve of the private question Why? (EAJ1935)

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55. Fig. 4.4. The curve of the private question "To whom then?" (AIF 1949)

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56. Fig. 4.5. The CHOT curve of the private question Why did you have a baby? (AIF1949)

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57. Fig. 4.6. The curve of the CHOT questions Well, why are you being sent? For what? (MPYU1928)

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58. Fig. 4.7. Curve of the CHOT phrases Whose? Ours! (AAD1926)

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59. Fig. 5.1. The CHOT curve of the phrase Of course, maybe she is offended... (EAZh1935)

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60. Fig. 5.2. The curve of the phrase Klyuka appeared from somewhere, made everyone laugh, (AAD1926)

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61. Fig. 5.3. The curve of the CHOT phrase I will write these sticks - and sit down (EAZh1935)

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62. Fig. 5.4. The CHOT curve of the phrase And what came out of it was millet (EAZh1939)

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63. Fig. 5.5. The CHOT curve of the phrase Chi is where you will find it, or where you will not find it. (EAZh1935)

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64. Fig. 5.6. The CHOT curve of the phrases Muravlyanka, Granyanaya, Srednyaya, Letyagino, Malenkaya Letyagino (EAZh1935)

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65. Fig. 5.7. The CHOT curve of the phrase There were such ditches, (EAZh1935)

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66. Fig. 5.8. The CHOT curve of the phrases She took it, then went off the road, (EAZh1935)

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67. Fig. 5.9. The CHOT curve of the phrase The children were small with me, (EAZh1935)

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68. Fig. 5.10. The curve of the CHOT phrase (You apply it and approach this one) here to the grid, (EAZh1935)

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69. Fig. 5.11. The CHOT curve of the phrase Mother arrived... (MRK1930)

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70. Fig. 5.12. Curve of the phrases Na Petrovka and A to Petrovka... (EAJ1935)

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71. Fig. 6.1. The curve CHOT of the phrase Ivan Ivanovich! (Do you want some tea?), SRLYA

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72. Fig. 6.2. The curve of the CHOT phrase Ivan Ivanovich! (Why didn't you come?), SRLYA

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73. Fig. 6.3. The CHOT curve of the phrase Priehla: Grandma! (PIT1932)

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74. Fig. 6.4. The CHOT curve of the phrase Aunt Nastya! (AAD1926)

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75. Fig. 6.5. The CHOT curve of the phrase Aunt Nastya (AAD1926)

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76. Fig. 6.6. The CHOT curve of the phrase Nanny Nastya! (AAD1926)

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77. Fig. 6.7. The CHOT curve of the phrase Aunt Nastya (AAD1926)

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78. Fig. 6.8. The CHOT curve of the phrase Auntie Mash! (MRK1930)

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79. Fig. 6.9. The CHOT curve of the phrase Dvoyushikha! (MRK1930)

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80. Fig. 6.10. The curve of the phrase CHOT says: little bear! (EAZh1935)

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81. Fig. 6.11. The CHOT curve of the phrase Podrugs (EAZh1935)

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82. Fig. 6.12. The CHOT curve of the phrase Mom! (AAD1926)

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83. Fig. 6.13. The CHOT curve of the phrase He says: Grandmother (EAZh1935)

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84. Fig. 6.14. The CHOT curve of the phrase Grandmother! (PIT1932)

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85. Fig. 6.15. The CHOT curve of the phrase Bab, take it! (PIT1932)

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86. Fig. 6.16. The curve of the CHOT phrase Granddaughter, get married! (PIT1932)

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87. Fig. 7.1. The CHOT curve of the phrase Go and see what time it is (EAZh1935)

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88. Fig. 7.2. The CHOT curve of the phrase Don't show yourself to him (EAZh1935)

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89. Fig. 7.3. The CHOT curve of the phrase Go, he says, somewhere. (EAZh1935)

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90. Fig. 8.1. The curve of the CHOT A? of the repeated question of the unheard (SRLYA)

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91. Fig. 8.2. The curve of the NPV of A-requests (PIT1932)

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