Beschreibung
The third edition of Terence WadesA Comprehensive Russian Grammar, newly updated and revised, offers the definitive guide to current Russian usage.Provides the most complete, accurate and authoritative English language reference grammar of Russian available on the marketIncludes up-to-date material from a wide range of literary and non-literary sources, including Russian government websitesFeatures a comprehensive approach to grammar expositionRetains the accessible yet comprehensive coverage of the previous edition while adding updated examples and illustrations, as well as insights into several new developments in Russian language usage since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991
Autorenportrait
Terence Wade (19302005) was Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He wrote 12 books, includingPrepositions in Modern Russian (1985), Russian Etymological Dictionary (1996), The Russian Language Today (with Larissa Ryazanova-Clarke, 1999), andA Russian Grammar Workbook (Wiley-Blackwell, 1996).
David Gillespie is Professor of Russian at the University of Bath, UK, where he has taught Russian language and culture since 1985. Gillespie has published 8 books and more than 50 papers on modern Russian literature and ???lm.
Inhalt
Preface xxv
Preface to the Second Edition xxvii
Preface to the Third Edition xxix
Acknowledgements xxxi
Acknowledgements to the Second Edition xxxiii
Abbreviations xxxiv
Introduction
Pronunciation
Orthography
Division of Words
Punctuation
The Noun
Word formation
Gender
Declension
Case Usage
Diminutive and Augmentative Nouns
The Pronoun
The Adjective
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
The Preposition
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
Co-ordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
The Particle
Word Order
Glossary 533
Bibliography 540
Subject index 549
Word index 566
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