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Russian : a linguistic introduction

Title
Russian : a linguistic introduction / Paul Cubberley.
Author
Cubberley, Paul V.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description
xvi, 380 pages : maps; 24 cm
Summary
Cubberley provides an accessible introduction to the linguistic structure of Russian, including its history and sociolinguistics, as well as the central issues of phonology, morphology, syntax and word formation/lexicology.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-371) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Russian language in the world ; Russia ; Russian ; Russian within linguistics ; Readership ; Structure and aims -- History of the language: Historical background ; Linguistic features ; Development of the standard language ; Writing (graphics) -- Phonology: The 'phoneme' and related terminology ; Description ; The phonology of Modern Russia ; Graphics -- Morphology: Introduction ; The morphology of modern Russia -- Syntax: Introduction, basic concepts and approaches ; Nominal phrases ; The simple sentence ; The complex sentence ; Reported/indirect speech -- Word-formation and lexicology: Introduction ; Sources of words and methods of word-formation ; Morphophonology in word-formation ; Affixes ; Lexicology (and phraseology) -- Dialects: Introduction ; Historical orientation ; Linguistic features -- Sociolinguistics: Introduction ; Historical perspectives on standard versus non-standard usage ; Variation ; Contact/interference ; Pragmatics.
ISBN
  • 052179191X
  • 9780521791915
  • 0521796415
  • 9780521796415
LCCN
  • 2002067660
  • 9780521791915
  • 9780521796415
OCLC
  • ocm49719211
  • 49719211
  • SCSB-1296788
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library