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The Syntax of Russian
John Frederick Bailyn
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Description for The Syntax of Russian
hardcover. An essential guide to Russian syntax, which examines major syntactic structures and grammatical puzzles of the language. Series: Cambridge Syntax Guides. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 738.
The study of Russian is of great importance to syntactic theory, due in particular to its unusual case system and its complex word order patterns. This book provides an essential guide to Russian syntax and examines the major syntactic structures of the language. It begins with an overview of verbal and nominal constituents, followed by major clause types, including null-copular and impersonal sentences, WH-questions and their distribution, and relative and subordinate clauses. The syntax behind the rich Russian morphological case system is then described in detail, with focus on both the fairly standard instances of Nominative, Accusative and Dative case ... Read more
The study of Russian is of great importance to syntactic theory, due in particular to its unusual case system and its complex word order patterns. This book provides an essential guide to Russian syntax and examines the major syntactic structures of the language. It begins with an overview of verbal and nominal constituents, followed by major clause types, including null-copular and impersonal sentences, WH-questions and their distribution, and relative and subordinate clauses. The syntax behind the rich Russian morphological case system is then described in detail, with focus on both the fairly standard instances of Nominative, Accusative and Dative case ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Syntax Guides
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521885744
SKU
V9780521885744
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About John Frederick Bailyn
John Frederick Bailyn is Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook University. He is the author of numerous articles and edited volumes on formal Slavic linguistics especially in the areas of case, word order, functional categories, syntactic microvariation and binding.
Reviews for The Syntax of Russian
' … this book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students of syntactic theory, of Slavic linguistics, and of language typology … The Syntax of Russian makes a significant contribution to the field of Russian language and linguistics and will serve as an important reference source for researchers and students alike.' Journal of Linguistics