Power Search
Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
The Syntax of Russian
Contributor(s): Bailyn, John Frederick (Author)

View larger image

 ISBN: 0521885744     ISBN-13: 9780521885744
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $114.95  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2011
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks

Click for more in this series: Cambridge Syntax Guides
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines
Dewey: 491.75
LCCN: 2011275916
Series: Cambridge Syntax Guides
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.60 lbs) 392 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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 as well as the important language-specific uses of the Genitive and Instrumental cases. The book goes on to analyze the syntax of 'free' word order for which Russian is famous. It will be of interest to researchers and students of syntactic theory, of Slavic linguistics and of language typology.

Contributor Bio(s): Bailyn, John Frederick: - 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.Bailyn, John Frederick: - 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.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!