A little about the Russian language If you look at the categorization in Wiktionary (it is based on Zaliznyak’s dictionary), then there are 205 declension paradigms in the Russian language nouns and 98 verb conjugation paradigms (method formations of perfect/imperfect species are not taken into account, algorithmic shifts of stress before -sya). The fact that such a terrible amount has accumulated in the main because of the accents, it can be seen from the fact that my calculations gave only 27 paradigms for declension of nouns without taking into account stress. Where did these accents come from? Dahl gave many stress options for each word and pronunciation, Grot often gave two. Apparently the most global The one-size-fits-all haircut started with Ushakov’s dictionary. Let's say these comrades wanted all of Russia to speak the same way. good undertaking. But HOW is it the same? There were a ton of options to choose from. They did not have a system for calculating a specific stress; they could take emphasis from their personal pronunciation,from old dictionaries or from poetry (it’s difficult to search here - computer search didn't exist then). All three options ultimately go back to personal pronunciations. And personal pronunciations are very random - one word from there, another from here (especially if you mix old poems with modern kitchen speech). Choosing the "right" one The option in each case was not an easy one. Apparently, I had to mainly guided by their own pronunciation dictionary compilers. In general, they set it up as they knew. The main thing is that they delivered. Foreigners now always have an accent to learn. Fine. But it is not clear why Zaliznyak, who classified EVERYTHING words, left the accents reflected in old dictionaries? He could derive rules and accept other pronunciation options, better fit into the system. They didn't give it to him? Let's say. But why since then since then (and more than 30 years have passed) this question will never be asked again did you get up? Why do they continue to hammer home accents into children? which are alien not only to their native pronunciation, but also modern Moscow (for example, foil, flyleaf)?This was the historical part. And now the psychological one. Why do Russians fill their heads with this nonsense - where is it right? put emphasis (although at home in the kitchen he will still say in its own way, and in every way), what specific forms specific words are not kosher (although at home in the kitchen he still uses them will use), in what style what words are used (they came up with as many as 4 styles) etc.? Isn't this reflected in time? spent on learning the language? Yes, it is reflected, and increases. Does this affect the time remaining for studying other subjects? Yes, it is reflected, and it reduces it. Does this affect your ability to learn other languages? After all memory is not infinite? This is a difficult question. Apparently yes. By census, more than 90% of Russians do not speak a foreign language (in European Union - 44% of the population do not speak a foreign language level sufficient for conversation, and of the remaining 56%, half speaks two foreign languages - in particular, practically entire population of Luxembourg and the Netherlands: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union ). Nowlinguistic part. How to get stress rules that have predictive power? First you need material. You can take the entire dictionary (for example, Lopatin’s dictionary). You can take some part of it (how to highlight it?). You can use categorization in Wiktionary. Next, we need rules, already described in the literature. They come in fits and starts, some have succeeded find. I wish there was more. How to proceed with the work? Let's say we got the rules. How to find a list of words that are in do they not correspond to the modern official pronunciation? How check that the pronunciation obtained by mathematics is valid exists somewhere? What criteria for “existence” should be applied? Now the practical part. Let's say we got a wonderful and wonderful new system accents. How to convince academics that the new system is better? What can be done to make it appear in new dictionaries (at least as option)?
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