THE PHENOMENON OF REPLACEMENT OF VOICEd-VOICELESS CONSONANTS IN RUSSIAN POETRY (BY THE EXAMPLE OF EXACT RHYMES IN LERMONTOV’s EARLY LYRICS (1828-1832))

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify the phenomenon of the replacement of voiced-voiceless consonants in Russian poetry and to study its use for exact rhymes in Lermontov’s early lyrics. The main content of the article is the analysis of replacement of voiced-voiceless consonants as a phonetic phenomenon and a corresponding method of rhyming in Russian poetry, the history of its employment in Russian poetry. The analysis helps to reveal the conditions of the use of replacement of voiced-voiceless consonants in exact rhymes of Lermontov’s early lyrics. In the article, the new materials and statistical data of different kinds of rhymes in Lermontov’s early lyrics are summarized. The article is directed to the specialists in the history of Russian literature and the researchers of Lermontov’s works in general.