Russian Syntax for Advanced Students

<p><em>Russian Syntax for Advanced Students</em> is a textbook which illuminates relationships between words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. </p><p>Using this book, students will acquire conscious knowledge of how words function in various syntactical constructions as applied to discourse, such as specific verbal situations, based not only on the underlying linguistic phenomena, but also on the content of sociolinguistic situations. The book helps develop communicative skills for advanced mastery and constantly emphasizes the importance of accuracy in the use of syntactic structures. </p><p>Russian Syntax is designed primarily as a textbook for classroom use for intermediate-high and advanced-level students. The text is also suitable for independent study by graduate students in linguistics or pedagogy, as well as being a valuable reference for instructors.</p> <p>About the Book and Acknowledgments </p><p>Introduction</p><p>Abbreviations</p><p>Syntax Defined </p><p>Part One. The Simple Sentence</p><p>Chapter 1.<b> </b>Simple Sentences</p><p>Chapter 2. Main Parts of a Sentence </p><p>Chapter 3. Secondary Parts of a Sentence</p><p>Chapter 4. Simple Sentences with One Main Part</p><p>Chapter 5. Coordinate Parts of Sentences</p><p>Chapter 6. Parenthetic Expressions. Detached Parts of the Sentence. Vocatives </p><p>Part Two. The Compound Sentence </p><p>Chapter 7. Sentences with Copulative Conjunctions </p><p>Chapter 8. Sentences with Disjunctive Conjunctions </p><p>Chapter 9. Sentences with Adversative Conjunctions</p><p>Part Three. The Complex Sentence</p><p>Chapter 10.<b> </b>Explanatory Clauses</p><p>Chapter 11. Attributive Clauses</p><p>Chapter 12. Adverbial Clauses </p><p>Part Four. Direct and Indirect Speech</p><p>Chapter 13. Direct Speech </p><p>Chapter 14. Indirect speech</p><p>Part Five. Punctuation </p><p>Chapter 15. Punctuation Marks</p><p><em>List of Full and Short Names</em></p><p><em>Sources </em></p><p><em>Bibliography</em></p><p><em>Index</em></p>