Dispalatalization of Common Slavic *ri̯ in Ukrainian: The case of family names in -uk- in the Hutsul parish registers

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Abstract: Dispalatalization of the Common Slavic *r’ refers to a phonological innovation realized on
broad Slavic territory in the 10th—13th century. In Ukrainian, it did not encompass the Carpathian
region, e.g., the Hutsul dialect and its Kryvorivnia dialect in particular. I argue that
the tendency toward intrasyllabic harmony serves as a requirement for a lack of dispa latalization
of Common Slavic *r’ in the Kryvorivnia dialect. I reinterpret the concept of intrasyllabic
harmony as first outlined by Roman Jakobson and further explored by George Y. Shevelov
with respect to the tonality feature of flatness (rounded/unrounded) for Common Slavic and
Hutsul: most of the Kryvorivnia consonants are palatalized before unrounded vowels and
nonpalatalized before rounded vowels.

The earliest manifestations of the confusion between r and r’ can be found in the Kry voriv
nia parish register books going back to the 1770s. Historical changes in spelling may have
three reasons: 1) the non-Carpathian origin of a registrar; 2) standardization of Ukrainian in
accordance with Dnieper Ukrainian norms; 3) a lack of the morphonological value of a change.

Keywords: Common Slavic *ri̯, Ukrainian, family names in -uk-, Kryvorivnia (Hutsul) dialect,
intrasyllabic harmony, dispalatalization

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