Questions tagged [фонология]
The study of the abstract aspect of the sounds or *phonemes* in a given language
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Why doesn't Russian have native words beginning with А?
I've heard that Russian has no native words beginning with the letter A. The claim is that the words appearing under A in dictionaries were all imported at some stage or another. Browsing through the ...
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Are there loanwords from English where "h" is transliterated to "х" rather than "г"?
Russian doesn't have a direct equivalent to the sound of English h.
But to some English speakers it seems odd that words taken into Russian from English which have an h sound are transliterated using ...
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Difference in pronunciation of е and ѣ in old Russian
I often encounter claims that these letters formerly were pronounced differently. Can anybody please point me to a sound record that shows the difference?
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What are all the times where "е" changes to "ё"?
I don't know if this was asked before but I never saw it in search, so I'll just ask it.
Can someone list all the situations where "е" would be changed to "ё" ?
Like maybe after 2 vowels or if the ...
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Повторение короткого слова/частицы дважды подряд ("вот он он" и т.п.)
Недавно при разговоре с одним моим знакомым я заметил, что он изредка в своей речи повторяет некоторые короткие слова дважды, причём такое повторение не звучит неправильно, а, наоборот, даже как-то ...
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Should "йе" after vowel be pronounced [jje]?
я, ю, е letters are pairs for а, у, э, and, мае should be read maje, and майе should be read majje, like it happens with мая and майя - maja and majja.
Right?
I, personally, think that э is a ...
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