Overview
The third edition of Terence Wade?s A 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 market Includes up-to-date material from a wide range of literary and non-literary sources, including Russian government websites Features a comprehensive approach to grammar exposition Retains 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
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Author: Terence Wade , David Gillespie
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition: 3rd Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781405136396
ISBN 10: 1405136391
Pages: 630
Publication Date: 10 September 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
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
Reviews
Praise for the previous edition: <p> “With the additions of a helpful glossary and of a major section on word formation in the Russian noun, Terence Wade’s Comprehensive Russian Grammar , already the best reference book of its kind, has, in its second edition, become even more useful for students of Russian.”<br> — Barry P. Scherr , Professor of Russian, Dartmouth College <p> “The coverage and fresh, interesting examples make Wade’s grammar attractive . . . It will certainly be a standard reference work over the next fifty years.”<br> —The Slavonic Review
Author Information
Terence Wade (19302005) was Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He wrote 12 books, including Prepositions in Modern Russian (1985), Russian Etymological Dictionary (1996), The Russian Language Today (with Larissa Ryazanova-Clarke, 1999), and A 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.
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