RUS3370

Russian syntax

J Clarke

6 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* 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