Proposed to be offered next in 2000
J Clarke
8 points - 3 hours per week - Clayton - Prerequisites: A first-year Slavic language subject
Objectives On completing the subject students should be familiar with the basic syntactic structures of Russian and be able to analyse sentences in terms of their syntactic characteristics.
Synopsis The subject provides a study of the basic syntactic structures of Russian with some investigation of the syntax of other Slavic languages. Topics covered include sentence types, sentence analysis, word order, impersonal constructions, agreement and government.
Assessment Written (3000 words): 50% - Examination (2 hours): 50%
Recommended texts
Kubik M Sintaksis russkogo yazyka Prague, 1974
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