THE STRESS SHIFT TO THE PROCLITIC IN THE RAĐEVINA SPEECH

Abstract

The paper discusses the stress shift to the proclitic in the Rađevina speech. This occurrence was analysed by parts of speech and by shift type. The presented material indicates that Rađevina features both the old and the new stress shift to the proclitic. As is usual, the stress falls more often on monosyllabic than on disyllabic prepositions in this part of Serbia as well. The proclitic function, apart from prepositions, may be assigned to a conjunction or particle. Based on our material regarding the stress shift to the proclitic, Rađevina fits the description of the adjacent and similar studied speeches of the Šumadija-Vojvodina dialect.