Observations on the Evolution of one Dialect in Arkhangelsk Region
e article describes variability, observed in the speech of native dialect speakers of the certain locality. e research is based on the transcript of audiorecordings made bytheauthor in Stroevsky village (Ustyanskydistrict, Arkhangelskregion)in1995-1998,aswellasbyG.Paninain2008.Speechof representatives of the archaic dialect layer retains the main native features of the southern dialects of Arkhangelsk region. Currently, however, the system ofdialectsischaracterizedbyconsiderablevariabilityofmanyofitselements. Variablephenomenainphonetics,grammarandvocabularyareconsideredin termsofreﬂectionofdynamicsofthedialect,determined,mainly,throughits internal evolution.