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“Word-by-word” melodic contour in Russian dialects: quantitative approach

The paper presents results of quantitative analysis of phrasal tonal structure in two Northern Russian dialects with different types of “word-by-word” melodic contour. These dialects differ from Modern Standard Russian by the quantity of pitch accents since their 60% of words bear pitch accent, thus the prosodic unit in them is not a (phonological) word, but an accent group. In addition, the dialects differ from Standard Russian by regular presence of even tone on the accented vowel (in Arkhangelsk dialect 86% of all accents have it; in Vologda dialect it is less frequent: 33%) and higher frequency of pitch accents with increased interval. The main differences between Arkhangelsk and Vologda dialects are 1) the ratio of rising and falling pitch accents: 2.6% falling in Arkhangelsk dialect and 56% in Vologda dialect, it brings the latter closer to Standard Russian (53%) and 2) the level of the base tone on which the main tonal changes occur (high and medium, respectively). Thus “word-by-word” melodic contour exists at least in two varieties: with rising tonal movement and with a falling tone in the function of an ornamental accent. In general, the intonation system of Vologda dialect, though there are a lot of significant differences, is much closer to Modern Standard Russian than to Arkhangelsk dialect.