Stress question

[Edward M Dumanis]

Just compare BObchinskij and DObchinskij.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Jim Rader wrote:

> As I recall--the details may be in Unbegaun's book on Russian
> surnames, which I don't have at hand--a core of Russian names ending
> in -skij/-skoj belonged to appanage princes, with the -skij element
> being attached to a place name associated with the appanage.  The
> example that comes most readily to mind is <Vjazemskij>, with the
> stress on the first syllable, from <Vyaz'ma>.  Hence the aristocratic
> associations of certain names ending in this suffix.  Of course,
> <Tolstoj> is most likely just an accentual variant of <tolstyj> and
> has nothing to do with appanage princes.
>
> Re the name <Bobrinskoj>--I remember hearing--from Bill Darden I
> think--that the Univ. of Chicago Slavist and South Asian scholar
> George Bobrinskoy actually stressed his name on the first syllable.
> The spelling with <-oy> is etymologically accurate, if non-standard.
> I note that Morton Benson's _Dictionary of Russian Personal Names_
> stresses <Bobrinskij> on the first syllable.
>
> Jim Rader
>
> > This is really another phenomenon. I remember Russians
> > laughing when I told them of a textbook by BobrynskOI.
> > They said "Surely you mean BobrYnskii?" I said "No,
> > Count BobrynskOI, he's an emigre".
> > The conclusion I drew was that the aristocracy preferred
> > the end-stress to make their names sound more "special".
> > Cf. tolstyi versus the surname Tolstoi.
> > Andrew Jameson
> > Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
> > Languages and Professional Development
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> > Tel: 01524 32371  (+44 1524 32371)
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Jack Haney <haneyjav at U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Stress question
> > Date: 15 February 2000 18:16
> >
> > Of course, languages changes, but L. N. Tolstoi insisted on the the
> > surname SerpukhovskOi in Anna Karenina. JV Haney
> >
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