a comprehensive russian grammar (blackwell)

[...]... meaning ‘approximation’ has been added to section 445 The bibliography has been expanded to include new dictionaries, grammars and other works of the mid- to late 1990s, especially those specifically describing the language at the end of the twentieth century (Comrie, Stone and Polinsky, Dulichenko, Karaulov, Kostomarov, Offord, Rakhmanova and Suzdal’tseva, Ryazanova-Clarke and Wade, Shaposhnikov and... A Comprehensive Russian Grammar This would have included appendices on geographical terms, irregular verbs, irregular noun plurals, indeclinable nouns and abbreviations Since it remains unclear just what form these appendices would take I have chosen not to attempt to second-guess Indeed, it remains my conviction that Professor Wade’s grammar is the most comprehensive and illuminating of all Russian. .. Zemskaya), as well as new journals, newspapers, magazines and prose works A glossary of grammatical terms has also been included in the new edition The table of contents and indexes have been revised to take account of new material and revised pagination TW, Glasgow 2000 Preface to the Third Edition When Professor Terence Wade died in 2005, he was already well advanced in his plans to produce a third... specialist readers, Dr R Bivon (University of Essex, formerly of the University of East Anglia) and Dr Svetlana Miloslavskaya (Pushkin Institute, Moscow) for writing detailed reports at an early stage, thus enabling me to make substantial improvements I also valued a lengthy consultation with Svetlana Miloslavskaya which allowed me to make amendments to the final draft My editor, Professor Michael Holman... book: Natalya Bogoslavskaya (University of Leeds), Sheelagh Graham (University of Strathclyde), Larissa Ryazanova (Edinburgh University), who also read the page proofs, Professor Dennis Ward (University of Edinburgh), Nijole White (University of Strathclyde); also Dr Marina Kozyreva (Moscow and Leeds Universities) for reading through a late draft and writing a helpful report I am particularly grateful... British and American linguists The approach is descriptive throughout, and rules of usage are constantly measured against current practice as reflected in contemporary journalistic and literary sources It is entirely practical in conception and design and has no pretensions to theoretical disquisition Particular emphasis is laid on problems which are of especial difficulty for the English speaker The grammar. .. teachers Natasha Zhuravkina and Elena Kidd have been particularly helpful I would also like to thank staff and students of Moscow State University who have studied on short courses at the University of Bath in 2008 and 2009, especially Lidiia Polubichenko, Elena Aleksandrova and Maria Guzenko David Gillespie Bath, November 2009 Acknowledgements I wish to thank the following for advising on aspects of... helpful and detailed critical analyses of each chapter during the writing of the grammar and I am most grateful to him for his support and encouragement and for the many insights that he provided I should also like to thank Professor Glanville Price (University College of Wales), general editor of Blackwell’s series of grammars of European languages, for his comments on some early chapters, particularly... numerals Cardinals as numerical ‘labels’ Collective numerals Indefinite numerals Agreement of the predicate with a subject which contains a numeral 207 208 211 212 214 216 216 218 219 220 221 224 226 Ordinal Numerals 203 Formation of ordinal numerals 204 Ordinal numerals: usage 228 230 Special Functions of Numerals 205 Cardinals and ordinals in fractions and decimals 206 Telling the time 207 Giving the date... interpreters and others who use the language in a professional capacity The first new reference grammar of Russian to have been published in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, it is based on personal research and observation, long experience of teaching Russian at all levels from beginners up to the Honours Degree and the Civil Service Interpretership, and on a close study of reference materials by Russian, . Comprehensive Spanish Grammar Jacques de Bruyne Adapted, with additional material, by Christopher J. Pountain A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar David A. Thorne Colloquial French Grammar: A Practical Guide Rodney. and Valerie Howells A Spanish Grammar Workbook Esther Santamar a Iglesias A Comprehensive Russian Grammar Third Edition Terence Wade Revised and updated by David Gillespie A John Wiley &. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt=""