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AReference Grammar of Russian

AReference Grammar of Russian describes and systematizes all aspects of the

grammar of Russian: the 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). 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. More attention is paid to syntax

than in any other grammars of Russian written in English or in other languages

of Western Europe. Alan Timberlake refers to the literature on variation and

trends in development, and makes use of contemporary data from the internet.

This book will appeal to students, scholars, and language professionals interested

in Russian.

alan timberlake is Professor of Slavic Linguistics at the Department of Slavic

Languages and Literatures, University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of

The Nominative Object in Slavic, Baltic, and West Finnic (1974) and editor of The Scope of

Slavic Aspect (with M. S. Flier, 1985), American Contributions to the Eleventh International

Congress of Slavists (with Robert A. Maguire, 1993), and American Contributions to the

Twelfth International Congress of Slavists (with Robert Maguire, 1998).

AReference Grammar of Russian

ALAN TIMBERLAKE

University of California at Berkeley