Issues in Metrical Phonology
Insights from Ukrainian

This Element develops a theoretical model of the interaction between lexical and grammatical stress based on novel data from Ukrainian.

Beata Łukaszewicz (Author), Janina Mołczanow (Author)

9781009447140, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 February 2025

74 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 0.5 cm, 0.13 kg

Metrical systems differ in patterns of stress assignment, the domains over which those patterns are built, and acoustic manifestations of stress. It has been widely debated in the phonological/phonetic literature how stress should be represented, what mechanisms govern its assignment, and whether the phonetic underpinnings of primary/secondary stress exist independently of other prominence effects (e.g. boundary strengthening, pitch accents). This Element addresses these fundamental issues on the basis of an in-depth study of a hybrid (lexical-grammatical) metrical system of Ukrainian. It synthesizes previous results with new findings, focusing on the phonetic as well as formal description of the Ukrainian system. The lexical-grammatical stress interactions in Ukrainian pose a challenge for current metrical theories, shed light on the relation between the lexical and grammatical stress domains, and the relationship between categorical and gradient aspects of the metrical system. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. Introduction
2. Case study: the hybrid (lexical-grammatical) stress system of Ukrainian
3. Discussion and directions for future research
References.

Subject Areas: Phonetics, phonology [CFH]