The Phonetics of Russian North Bylinas

Abstract

The Internet site presenting the bylinas of Russian North from Sound Records Archives of Institute of Russian Literature was created in 2014. The aim of the site is to give free access to the unique Russian folklore sound records, made throughout XX century, for everybody interested, especially those who study anthropology, folklore, dialects and dialect phonetics of Russian, because on this site the presented sound fragments are analyzed in all these aspects. The article describes revealed phonetic characteristics of North bylinas and suggests a theoretical interpretation of the dynamics of the dialect phonetics changes. Key words: dialect phonetics; Northern Russian dialect zone; Russian North bylinas The Internet Presentation of Russian Bylinas The Internet site "Corpus of Russian Folklore. Bylinas" presenting the bylinas of Russian North from Sound Records Archives of Institute of Russian Literature was created in 2014. The aim of the site is to give free access to the unique Russian folklore sound records, made throughout XX century, for everybody interested, especially those who study anthropology, folklore, dialects and dialect phonetics of Russian, because on this site the presented sound fragments are analyzed in all these aspects.