A Grammar of Aspect : Usage and Meaning in the Russian Verb

Klappentext This book examines the aspect - the relationship between imperfective and perfective verbs - found in the Russian language. Zusammenfassung This book! originally published in 1970! examines the aspect - the relationship between imperfective and perfective verbs - found in the Russian language. The author presents a total picture of aspect in the Russian language which will be of practical interest to advanced students of Russian! and also contributed to the theoretical study of aspect as a grammatical category. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The category of aspect; 2. Aspect and form; 3. Aspectual pairs; 4. Past tense; 5. Present and future tenses; 6. Multiple action; 7. Modals - I. Imperative; 8. Modals - II. Infinitive and other constructions; 9. Gerunds and participles; 10. Verbs of motion; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Russian index; English index.

Product details

• Authors: J. Forsyth, Forsyth J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521145008
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14500-8
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 217 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Studies in the Modern Russian; Print on Demand; Studies in the Modern Russian; Studies in the Modern Russian Language
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; Language acquisition