A Reference Grammar of Russian describes and systematizes all aspects of the grammar of Russian: the patterns of orthography, sounds, inflection, syntax, tense-aspect-mood, word order, and intonation. It is especially concerned with the meaning of combinations of words (constructions). The core concept is that of the predicate history: a record of the states of entities through time and across possibilities. Using predicate histories, the book presents an integrated account of the semantics of verbs, nouns, case, and aspect. More attention is paid to syntax than in any other grammars of Russian written in English or in other languages of Western Europe. Alan Timberlake refers to the literature on variation and trends in development, and makes use of contemporary data from the internet. This book will appeal to students, scholars and language professionals interested in Russian.

Author: Timberlake, Alan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: A Reference Grammar of Russian
Pages: 00510 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2004-01-22
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521772921
Category: Literary Criticism : Russian & Former Soviet Union
Category: Foreign Language Study : Russian
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - General