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Stress Patterns in Russian

NOUNS

Fixed Stress on Stem (SS)

N ____   ! _-___ N ____   ! _-___

A ____   ! _-___ A ____   ! _-___G ____   ! _-___ G ____   ! _-___D ____   ! _-___ D ____   ! _-___L ____   ! _-___ L ____   ! _-___I ____   ! _-___ I ____   ! _-___"#$%!&'(, )*+!,", -'!#($#%, $%#"!.+/, *010!23 most numerous, 30,000+ nouns

Fixed Stress on Ending (EE) N _____-__   ! _ N _____-__   ! _

A _____-__   ! _ A _____-__   ! _G _____-__   ! _ G _____-__   ! _D _____-__   ! _ D _____-__   ! _L _____-__   ! _ L _____-__   ! _I _____-__   ! _ I _____-__   ! _%$04´, ,%(5%6"!, 7$"6´, ($"$83! approximately 2200 nouns

Shifting Stress Stemto Ending (SE)

N ____   ! _-___ N _____-__   ! _

A ____   ! _-___ A _____-__   ! _G ____   ! _-___ G _____-__   ! _D ____   ! _-___ D _____-__   ! _L ____   ! _-___ L _____-__   ! _I ____   ! _-___ I _____-__   ! _1%!2,, ,%!.%1, 10!2%, 90!($%, essentially non-fem with 150+ masc nouns (Npl in-a  !) and~80 1-syll. masc nouns, appr. 25 neut nouns

Shifting Stress Endingto Stem (ES)

N _____-__   ! _ N ____   ! _-___

A _____-__   ! _ A ____   ! _-___G _____-__   ! _ G ____   ! _-___D _____-__   ! _ D ____   ! _-___L _____-__   ! _ L ____   ! _-___I _____-__   ! _ I ____   ! _-___-+(2%!, #+*%!, 60*"!, :#0:1"!, essentially non-masc with ~50 neut & ~100 fem nouns

 

Anomalous Stress with Fixed

Stress on Stem in Singular (SA)

N ____   ! _-___ N ____   ! _-___A ____   ! _-___ A ____   ! _-___G ____   ! _-___ G _____-__   ! _D ____   ! _-___ D _____-__   ! _L ____   ! _-___ L _____-__   ! _I ____   ! _-___ I _____-__   ! _&%!,, #%!2), #0!/8, 1#0!.8, essentially non-neut, about 50 masc & 75 fem nouns

Anomalous Stress with Fixed

Stress on Ending in Singular (EA)

N _____-__   ! _ N ____   ! _-___A _____-__   ! _ A ____   ! _-___G _____-__   ! _ G _____-__   ! _D _____-__   ! _ D _____-__   ! _L _____-__   ! _ L _____-__   ! _I _____-__   ! _ I _____-__   ! _)%*8´, ,'&"!, (20:"!, &2%;"!, 5 masc & ~40 femnouns

Accusative-Retraction

(U-retraction) with Shifting Stress

Ending to Stem (US)

N _____-__   ! _ N ____   ! _-___A ____   ! _-___ A ____   ! _-___G _____-__   ! _ G ____   ! _-___D _____-__   ! _ D ____   ! _-___L _____-__   ! _ L ____   ! _-___I _____-__   ! _ I ____   ! _-___#%1"!, 1'<"!, :0923!, :+9"!, )%("!, (5+*"!, 40*"!,about 13 fem nouns

Accusative-Retraction

(U-retraction) with Anomalous

Stress in Plural (UA)

N _____-__   ! _ N ____   ! _-___A ____   ! _-___ A ____   ! _-___G _____-__   ! _ G _____-__   ! _D _____-__   ! _ D _____-__   ! _L _____-__   ! _ L _____-__   ! _I _____-__   ! _ I _____-__   ! _&%.%1"!, ,%2%#"!, ,%."!, 1%()"!, *%,"!, .0)"!,.')"!, (.01"!, ($0*"!, ($%.%*"!, ($.%)"!, /0)"!,about 18 fem nouns

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VERBS

Fixed Stress on Verbal Stem (S)

INF ____   ! _-___1sg ____   ! _-___

2sg ____   ! _-___3sg ____   ! _-___1pl ____   ! _-___2pl ____   ! _-___3pl ____   ! _-___

Fixed Stress on Verbal Ending (E)

INF _____-__   ! _1sg _____-__   ! _2sg _____-__   ! _3sg _____-__   ! _

1pl _____-__   ! _2pl _____-__   ! _3pl _____-__   ! _

Shifting Non-Past (i.e., imperfective present or perfective future) (XNP)

INF _____-__   ! _1sg _____-__   ! _2sg ____   ! _-___3sg ____   ! _-___1pl ____   ! _-___2pl ____   ! _-___

3pl ____   ! _-___

Shifting Past (XP)

INF ____   ! _-___Msg ____   ! _-___Fsg _____-__   ! _Nsg ____   ! _-___pl ____   ! _-___

NB: with the exception of a few verbs, e.g., (*3$8, you don't have both shifting stress in thenon-past and in the past. So, if a verb has a stress shift in the non-past it will not have any shiftin the past and — vice versa — if there is a shift in the past, there is no shift in the non-past.