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Русская грамматическая наука XIX века (1820–1850-е гг.): история и историография
The textbook aims to describe the way the system of linguistic education was formed in the Russian grammar studies of the 1820-1850s. Their authors' approaches to theoretical and practical issues of learning Russian are extended with the analysis of their contemporaries' reviews of the grammar textbooks. Tables, diagrams, follow-up questions, literature lists as well as tasks for the analysis of scientific and linguistic texts will allow readers to process the information in a more productive way. The addenda provide the basic information about the biography and studies of the prominent modern linguists and philosophers as well as Russian philologists of the XVIII-XX centuries mentioned in the book.
The textbook is intended to be used in the course on the history of Russian linguistics or alike.
The article deals with the problem of the predicate number choice in the quantifier expressions with the definite quantifier meaning. On the base of the data for the last decade (2000-2010) from the National Russian Corpus the main factors that influence the predicate agreement are discovered. The special attention is paid to the conditions that cause the singular predicate.
The book presents the proceedings of the International scientific Symposium "the Russian grammar: active processes in language and speech" (Yaroslavl, 17-19 may 2019), which took place in Yaroslavl state pedagogical University in partnership with MAPRYAL, ropryal, the V. V. Vinogradov's Russian language Institute and A. S. Pushkin's Institute of Russian language.
Articles by leading Russian and foreign scientists and young researchers on topical issues of Russian grammar modern Russian language and teaching Russian as a native language and as a foreign.
The paper deals with the development of predicate agreement with the quantifier phrase, containing "neskolko", during 18-21 centuries. Analyzing the data of the National Russian lcorpus and the results of statistic research of the 60-70s, as well as debating with the conception proposed by the author's team included M. Krasovitsky, G.Corbett and others, the author offers an explanation for the inconsistency fluctuations of the predicate in a number observed in expressions with "neskolko". Given the influence of speech sphere on a predicate number choice, the author concludes that the expressions, including "neskolko" demonstrates a clear trend to the choice of a plural predicate agreement.
Obituary in memory of Professor Kibrik, a prominent Russian linguist and specialist in computer methods in linguistics.
This paper examines the problematic concept of dead language as exemplified by the Hebrew language. The first section presents a brief history of the concept of dead language in European linguistic thought. Originating in Italy of the 15th century, the term became common in European linguistic writings during the 16th to 18th centuries as an epithet for Latin, Ancient Greek and Hebrew. During the Haskala (Jewish Enlightenment) in the 19th century it was adopted by Jewish intellectuals and was current in linguistic controversies throughout the 20th century. Sections 2 and 3 show the key role the label dead as applied to Hebrew played in wide-spread polemics on Jewish language choice in Russia during the first quarter of the 20th century (§ 2) and in the discourse about a Hebrew “revival” in Palestine at the same period (§ 3). Later works on the history of Hebrew published in the 19th and 20th centuries proposed novel conceptualizations but nevertheless followed the idea of the “deadness” of the Hebrew language of previous periods, discussed in § 4. Examples of Hebrew usage which contradict Hebrew’s functioning exclusively as a language of religion and high-level writings are provided in § 5. The last section is a humble attempt to outline a possible direction for a description of Hebrew language history, avoiding the problematic term dead language and other related terms.
The volume is the third issue of a corpora-based grammar of Russian. The volume deals with the issues of parts of speech and, more generally, with formal classes of lexicon, It comprises descriptive papers of separate POS and lesser world classes.
The paper is focused on the influence of Theme-Rheme-structure on predicate agreement with quantifier phrases which contain a mention of an indefinite quantity. The author considers the dependence of the predicate choice on theme or rheme position of the quantifier phrase and reveals that the possibility of implementing different Theme-Rheme structures and its influence on predicate choice are unequal in the sentences with different quantifiers. The communicative conditions for singular or plural predicate agreement with quantifier phrases which contain neskolko, mnogo, nemalo, are described. The author concludes that singular predicate corresponds to the focus on the quantifier phrase (rhematic position or thematic position in contrast), the plural choice is conditioned by the focus on the other part of the sentence. Some specific communicative strategies such as superposition of rheme are considered.
The paper is focused on the study of reaction of italian literature critics on the publication of the Boris Pasternak's novel "Doctor Jivago". The analysys of the book ""Doctor Jivago", Pasternak, 1958, Italy" (published in Russian language in "Reka vremen", 2012, in Moscow) is given. The papers of italian writers, critics and historians of literature, who reacted immediately upon the publication of the novel (A. Moravia, I. Calvino, F.Fortini, C. Cassola, C. Salinari ecc.) are studied and analised.
In the article the patterns of the realization of emotional utterances in dialogic and monologic speech are described. The author pays special attention to the characteristic features of the speech of a speaker feeling psychic tension and to the compositional-pragmatic peculiarities of dialogic and monologic text.