%0 Journal Article %T THE PROTO-SLAVIC METATONY %A Szeptyński, Rafał %J Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis %V 2015 %R 10.4467/20834624SL.15.019.3940 %N Volume 132, Issue 3 %P 203-210 %K accentology, metatony, compensatory lengthening, van Wijk’s law, Pinault’s law %@ 1897-1059 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/the-proto-slavic-metatony %X This paper deals with *-VRHi- sequences in Proto-Slavic. Under certain conditions they probably yielded *-VR’- sequences, thus introducing a new type of intonation – the so-called short neo-acute tone. If so, the evidence for Pinault’s law requires re-examination.