Saying "rings" is no longer a mistake! And a couple more examples when the norm is changing before our eyes
Miscellaneous / / July 31, 2021
Do not rush to be indignant: some dictionaries have begun to record the "wrong" stress as a valid option.
The pronunciation "rings" jarring on a lot of people. For this, you can often hear a long lecture about the inappropriate attitude towards the native language. However, those who pronounce this verb with the stress on the first syllable are not so wrong.
What linguists say about the stress of verbs
The famous linguist, creator of the famous grammar dictionary Andrei Anatolyevich Zaliznyak saidBUT. BUT. Zaliznyak: An Episode from the History of Russian Accent / Denis Kizhaev / YouTube about three types of stress of verbs on "-it".
- In all forms at the root: "st'vit", "st'vlyu", "st'vit", "st'vit".
- In the infinitive and in the form of the 1st person singular - at the end, in other forms - at the root: “ask”, “ask”, “ask”, “ask”.
- Always at the end: "give birth", "give birth", "give birth", "give birth".
That is, there is no single regulations that in verbs the stress is always put on the ending. Or at the root. Or else it is somehow the same in all words and their forms.
How the stress type changes
The language lives and changes according to its internal laws, which do not directly depend on the will of the speakers. Over time, some verbs move from one group to another - this is the development of our complex stress system.
Academician Zaliznyak drewBUT. BUT. Zaliznyak: An Episode from the History of Russian Accent / Denis Kizhaev / YouTube attention to the fact that even at the beginning of the 16th century they said “teach”, “cook”, “catch”, “ruin”, “extinguish”, “treat”, “delhi” shh ". Now this pronunciation seems wild: the stress has moved from the ending to the root. At the same time, in the infinitives and forms of the 1st person singular, it remained on the endings: "teach, teach", "cook, cook", "catch, catch" and so on. That is, these verbs have moved from the category of words with the third type of stress to the category with the second.
Such a transition occurs gradually, lasts a long time and has not yet ended. Listed above Verbs it has already been done, but there are others - who are still in the process.
What verbs are changing stress right now
Of course, this is “to call”. But he has brothers, for the correct pronunciation of which for some reason they rarely stand up, although they are spoken with errors even more often than the notorious "rings."
Dictionaries tell you what to say 1. Drill (Xia) / I. L. Reznichenko. Orthoepic dictionary of the Russian language: Pronunciation. Stress
2. Include (Xia) / Ibid “Drill, drill” and “switch on, switch on”. Although the “Big orthoepic dictionary of the Russian language. Literary pronunciation and stress of the beginning of the XXI century: the norm and its variants "(2018) indicates" include "as an acceptable option in casual speech.
What is the bottom line about "calling"
The modern norm is “you call, you call”. This is what it is recommended to say. However, in living speech, we increasingly hear the stress on the root.
Obviously, now we are at an intermediate stage, when the old and new options are competing with each other. Even the Orthoepic Dictionary of the Russian Language: Pronunciation. Accent "(2003) already indicatesCall / I. L. Reznichenko. Orthoepic dictionary of the Russian language: Pronunciation. Stress the stress "rings" as acceptable in normal conversation.
The change in the type of stress cannot be instantaneous. And in the case of the above words, which have already changed the stress, and in the case of "turns on", "drills" and "rings", this is possible only gradually. In the borderline period, two options coexist in the speech of native speakers. Over time, the old one dies off, and the new one mistakes turns into the norm.
If you look at the history of the Russian language and say “learn”, “cook” or “treat”, it becomes clear which option is the future. However, for some reason, a lot of attention is paid to the incorrect pronunciation of the verb "call", so perhaps there is more the generation will roll their eyes when they hear "ringing", because it is very easy to consider themselves literate, and to catch others on illiteracy.
True, often the same people who insist on the accent "call" say "turn on" and "sverlit". Probably, memorizing three verbs is too much.
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