Indo-European linguistics and classical philology
M. S. Morozova. On the development of diphthongs ua / ue, ye, ie in Albanian dialects: centre versus periphery (pp. 584–595)
Author
M. S. Morozova (Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Keywords\n Albanian, secondary diphthongs, Albanian subdialect of Ukraine, subdialect of Mandritsa, stress fixation, monophthongization, isolated and peripheral dialects, loss of “true” diphthongs
Pages\n 584–595
Summary\n
This paper briefly describes the major stages of development that secondary Albanian diphthongs ua / ue, ye, ie go through, with reference to the old Albanian texts and present-day dialects. Special emphasis is given to the isolated Tosk subdialects of Bulgaria (village of Mandritsa) and the Ukraine where diphthongs follow very specific innovative ways of development, such as “Gheg” monophthongization in the subdialect of Ukraine and a variety of coexisting diphthong reflexes in Mandritsa.As pointed out in the paper, most part of Tosk and Gheg subdialects tend to lose “true” diphthongs and develop a fixed stress falling either onthe first or the second element of diphthong. This kind of change in Gheg subdialects seems to be a precondition for further conversion of diphthongsto monophthongs. A similar stress fixation on the first or second element of diphthong occurring in Tosk subdialects gives rise to the present-day localdistinctions within the Tosk dialect area. The said feature of Tosk Albanianis said to be relatively late. However, data from various isolated andperipheral subdialects of Albanian, such as those of Chamuria, Italy,Greece, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, may well provide some grounds to considerthis an archaism rather than a recent innovation.
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