A Comprehensive Russian Grammar - (Blackwell Reference Grammars) 4th Edition by Terence Wade (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A Comprehensive Russian Grammar is the definitive guide to Russian usage and the standard reference work for students and professionals alike. Now in its fourth edition, it has been updated throughout by Russian language expert David Gillespie. His revisions reflect the grammatical and lexical changes in the digital age, and the new market-oriented economy of capitalist Russia, as well as the introduction of new accessible usage examples from Russian websites, social media, and post-Soviet literature. This revised edition solidifies the position of A Comprehensive Russian Grammar as the premier text for Russian language reference across the English-speaking world"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The most comprehensive guide to Russian usage, fully revised and updated.</b><b> </b></p> <p><i>A Comprehensive Russian Grammar</i>, by Terence Wade, is the definitive resource on Russian usage, providing complete and accurate guidance for students and professionals alike. Now in its fourth edition, this authoritative text continues to be an indispensable reference for English-speaking learners of Russian. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover the essential rules of the Russian language, placing emphasis on the nuances and problems that English speakers find especially difficult.</p> <p>Thoroughly revised and updated by Russian language experts David Gillespie, Svetlana Gural, and Marina Korneeva, this edition reflects changes in the grammar, the lexis, and the contemporary practice of the language in Russia's increasingly globalized, market-oriented economy. New content includes coverage of words and phrases from IT and social network terminology that have entered the Russian language, original contributions by leading Russian language scholars, and numerous modern usage examples taken from Russian websites, social media, and post-Soviet literature. The standard Russian language reference for English speakers for more than a quarter of a century, this volume: </p> <ul> <li>Provides a comprehensive, user-friendly approach to Russian grammar exposition</li> <li>Covers every essential aspect of the Russian language, including prepositions, conjunctions, numerals, and word order</li> <li>Features updated examples and illustrations, new insights into recent developments in Russian language usage, and more consistent transliteration of Russian names</li> <li>Includes a glossary of grammatical terms, word and subject indexes, and a complete bibliography</li> </ul> <p>Part of the successful <i>Blackwell Reference Grammars</i> series, <i>A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, Fourth Edition </i>is the ideal guide and reference text for students and teachers of Russian across the English-speaking world, as well as professionals with knowledge of Russian seeking to keep pace with recent changes in the language.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>The most comprehensive guide to Russian usage, fully revised and updated</b> <p><i>A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, </i> by Terence Wade, is the definitive resource on Russian usage, providing complete and accurate guidance for students and professionals alike. Now in its fourth edition, this authoritative text continues to be an indispensable reference for English-speaking learners of Russian. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover the essential rules of the Russian language, placing emphasis on the nuances and problems that English speakers find especially difficult. <p>Thoroughly revised and updated by Russian language experts David Gillespie, Svetlana Gural, and Marina Korneeva, this edition reflects changes in the grammar, the lexis, and the contemporary practice of the language in Russia's increasingly globalized, market-oriented economy. New content includes coverage of words and phrases from IT and social network terminology that have entered the Russian language, original contributions by leading Russian language scholars, and numerous modern usage examples taken from Russian websites, social media and post-Soviet literature. <p>Part of the successful <i>Blackwell Reference Grammars</i> series, <i>A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, </i> Fourth Edition is the ideal guide and reference text for students and teachers of Russian across the English-speaking world, as well as professionals with knowledge of Russian seeking to keep pace with recent changes in the language.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Terence Wade</b> (1930-2005) was Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He wrote numerous books on the Russian language, including <i>Prepositions in Modern Russian</i> (1985), <i>Russian Etymological Dictionary</i> (1996), <i>The Russian Language Today</i> (with Larissa Ryazanova-Clarke, 1999) and <i>A Russian Grammar Workbook</i> (Wiley Blackwell, 1996). <p><b>David Gillespie</b> is Professor at Tomsk State University, Russia. He was Professor of Russian at the University of Bath, UK, where he taught Russian language and culture since 1985. He has published ten books, contributed seventeen chapters and has written more than 100 papers on modern Russian literature, culture and film. <p><b>Svetlana Gural</b> is Doctor of Education at Tomsk State University, Russia. She has edited numerous books including <i>The Situational Context Effect in Non-Language-Majoring EFL Students' Meaning Comprehension</i> (2015) and <i>Consecutive Interpreting Training in Groups of Foreign Students</i> (2015). <p><b>Marina Korneeva</b> is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Tomsk State University, Russia. She is author of over a dozen peer-reviewed articles on discourse analysis referencing Russian language teaching and the forthcoming work, <i>Methodology of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language through Discourse Analysis</i> (2020).
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