Survey of research on Livonian prosody

The aim of the article is to give an overview of previous studies concerning Livonian prosody. In separate subsections a characterization of earlier treatments of the Livonian quantity and tone system will be provided. The Livonian prosodic system became the object of international discussion for the first time in the 19th century. The special status of Livonian tones was first noticed by the Estonian linguist Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann and later by the Danish linguist Wilhelm Thomsen. The first experimental studies of Livonian pronunciation were initiated in the 1920’s, mainly due to interest in the broken tone. Previous descriptions appear to reveal a certain degree of agreement among researchers who have studied Livonian. Yet the traditional two-way quantity opposition view is being challenged by a ternary quantity distinction at the level of metric feet. Kokkuvote. Tuuli Tuisk: Ulevaade liivi prosoodia uurimustest. Kaesolevas artiklis antakse ulevaade uurimustest, mis kasitlevad liivi keele prosoodilist susteemi. Liivi keele prosoodia aratas esmakordselt rahvusvahelist tahelepanu 19. sajandil. Eesti keeleteadlane Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ja taani keeleteadlane Wilhelm Thomsen olid esimesed, kes markasid liivi toonide isearasusi. Huvist liivi katketooni vastu hakati 1920. aastatel tegema ka esimesi eksperimentaal-foneetilisi uurimusi. Ehkki varasemad uurimused peegeldavad teadlaste usna uksmeelseid seisukohti, on liivi binaarse kvantiteedivastanduse korval aina enam arutelu tekitanud ternaarne kvantiteedivastandus. Marksonad : liivi keel, prosoodia, fonoloogia, eksperimentaalfoneetika, kvantiteet, toon, stod Kubbovottoks. Tuuli Tuisk: Iļļovaņtļimi iļ līvo prosodij tuņslokst. Se kēra um iļļovaņtļimi iļ tuņslokst līvo kīel prosōdij sistēmost. Līvo kīel prosōdij sai ežmoks tǟdolpanmizt 19. āigastsadā āigal. Ēsti kēļnikā Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ja dēņo kēļnikā Wilhelm Thomsen vȯļto ežmizt, kis kāipizt ku līvo kīelso at īžkizt tūoņod. Ežmizt fonētilizt kōļimizt teito 1920. āigastis, sīepierāst ku interesīerizt iļ līvo katkāndoks agā murdtod tūoņ. Jedlomizt tuņslokst nagţobod, ku tieudmīed vȯļțo dižānist īdmēļizt, agā līvo kōdvīți pitkit vastomtoks kūoroks um emīņ novtod iļ kuolmvīţiz pitkit vastomtoks.