LINGUIST List 14.2157

Wed Aug 13 2003

Books: Applied Ling, Russian: Timberlake

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

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1. jreid, A Reference Grammar of Russian: Timberlake

Title: A Reference Grammar of Russian
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 
 http://www.cup.org		 
			
Book URL: http://www.cup.org
 
Author: Alan Timberlake, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Hardback: ISBN: 0521772923, Pages: 550, Price: $80.00*
Comment: Price subject to change. 8 halftones/2 graphs/6 line
	 diagrams/100 tables
			
Abstract:

This textbook describes and systematizes all aspects of the grammar of
Russian--including patterns of orthography, sounds, inflection,
syntax, tense-aspect-mood, word order, and intonation. It is
especially concerned with the meaning of combinations of words
(constructions) and the core concept is that of the predicate history
(a record of the states of entities through time and across
possibilities). Using predicate histories, the book presents an
integrated account of the semantics of verbs, nouns, case, and
aspect. It will appeal to students, scholars and language
professionals interested in Russian.

Contents:
1. Russian; 2. Sounds; 3. Inflectional morphology; 4. Arguments;
5. Predicates and arguments; 6. Mood, tense, and aspect; 7. The
presentation of information; Bibliog raphy; Index.

Lingfield(s): Applied Linguistics
		Language Acquisition
			 
Subject Language(s): Russian (Language code: RUS)

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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