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Holden, Kyril T. – Russian Language Journal, 1981
Uses several examples to show a strong connection between the notion of transitivity and Russian aspect. The notion of interplay of pragmatic and objective features of transitivity has often been implicitly in definitions of Russian aspect but never sufficiently clarified. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Russian, Verbs
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Wobst, Susan – Russian Language Journal, 1981
Uses six examples to substantiate the hypothesis that masculine root words in reference to males in Russian cover a broader semantic space than do feminine root words in reference to females. Women share in the same wide space only when implicitly included in a masculine root. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Morphology (Languages), Russian, Semantics
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Levin, Maurice I. – Russian Language Journal, 1975
Presents a system of stress notation for the Russian adjective which indicates the pattern any given adjective belongs to. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction
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Swan, Oscar – Russian Language Journal, 1979
It is argued that in Russian verbs the perfect aspect is marked and the imperfect unmarked is wrong. For certain lexical classes, the imperfective rather than the perfective is marked. A systematic interrelationship among aspect, tense, and type of action is developed. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Russian, Sentence Structure
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Grebenschikov, Vladimir – Russian Language Journal, 1975
This article is a follow-up to the author's "Developments in the Teaching of the Russian Verbal System," in which determination of the "basic stem" is discussed. Here, the morphological behavior of Russian verbs is outlined, according to a classification system grounded on this basic stem. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
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Townsend, Charles E. – Russian Language Journal, 1979
Examples illustrate that there are possible independent meanings of the imperfective, possessing stronger modality than the perfective in the Russian verb system. This is examined in past tense, infinitive, and imperative structures. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Russian, Semantics
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Mayer, Gerald L. – Russian Language Journal, 1976
A new morphological categorization of cardinal numbers in Russian is presented, based solely on synchronic morphological features. (RM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Classification, Linguistic Theory
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Levin, Maurice I. – Russian Language Journal, 1973
Offers suggestions about explaining the use of the accusative case in Russian time expressions. (PMP)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction
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Andreyewski, Alexander B. – Russian Language Journal, 1973
The article explores syntactic and semantic aspects of the use of the Russian reflexive-possessive pronoun "svoj" versus the various other possessive pronouns. Examples drawn from literary texts and contemporary speech serve as the basis for comparison and analysis. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Research
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Mayer, Gerald – Russian Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction
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Borkovec, Vera Z. – Russian Language Journal, 1976
A discussion of transitive and intransitive verbs in Russian leads to the conclusion that the question of transitivity rests primarily with the meaning of the verb itself and with the resulting amenability to passive transformation. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
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Swan, Oscar – Russian Language Journal, 1975
Argues in favor of the use of Russian orthography as a vehicle for the combined presentation of Russian sounds and inflection. (AM)
Descriptors: Cyrillic Alphabet, Descriptive Linguistics, Graphemes, Language Instruction