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9780631207573

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 2nd Revised Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631207573

  • ISBN10:

    0631207570

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-08-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar provides a definitive guide to current Russian usage, taking many of its examples from the press and contemporary literary sources. The most complete, accurate, and authoritative English language reference grammar of Russian available Contains revised sections on phonology and animacy / inanimacy Includes a new section on word formation Provides full coverage of new post-Soviet vocabulary

Author Biography

Terence Wade is Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His previous books include Prepositions in Modern Russian, Russian Etymological Dictionary, The Russian Language Today (with Larissa Ryazanova-Clarke) and A Russian Grammar Workbook, companion volume to A Comprehensive Russian Grammar (Blackwell Publishers).

Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Pronunciation
Orthography
Division of Words
Punctuation
The Noun
Word Formation
Gender
Declension
Case Usage
The Pronoun
The Adjective
Introduction
The Long Form of the Adjective
The Short Form of the Adjective
The Comparative Degree of the Adjective
The Superlative Degree of the Adjective
The Numeral
Cardinal, Collective and Indefinite Numerals
Ordinal Numerals
Special Functions of Numerals
The Verb
Conjugation
Aspect
Reflexive Verbs
Impersonal Constructions
The Passive Voice
The Conditional and Subjunctive Moods
Constructions Expressing Obligation, Necessity, Possibility or Potential
Verbs of Motion
Participles
Gerunds
The Adverb
Introductory Comments
The Preposition
Introductory Comments
Spatial Prepositions
Prepositions that Denote the Position of an Object in Relation to Another Object (Behind, in Front of, Below, on Top of etc.), or Movement to or from that Position
Prepositions that Denote Spatial Closeness to an Object, Movement Towards or Away from an Object, or Distance from an Object
Prepositions that Denote Along, Across, Through a Spatial Area
Prepositions that Denote Spatial Limit
Temporal Prepositions
The Use of Prepositions to Denote Action in Relation to Various Time Limits
Other Meanings
Other Important Meanings Expressed by Prepositions
The Conjunction
Introductory Comments
Co-ordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
The Particle
Introductory Comments
Word Order
Introductory Comments
Glossary
Bibliography
Subject Index
Word Index
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