Essential Russian Grammar

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The most comprehensive guide to Russian usage, fully revised and updated. A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 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. 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: Provides a comprehensive, user-friendly approach to Russian grammar exposition Covers every essential aspect of the Russian language, including prepositions, conjunctions, numerals, and word order Features updated examples and illustrations, new insights into recent developments in Russian language usage, and more consistent transliteration of Russian names Includes a glossary of grammatical terms, word and subject indexes, and a complete bibliography Part of the successful Blackwell Reference Grammars series, A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 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.

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This concise handbook covers parts of speech, verbs, the Russian case system, the Cyrillic alphabet, spelling rules and pronunciation.

This book is meant for English-speaking pupils and students of Russian at the post-introductory stage. It can also be used by teachers of Russian in their work. The concept, explanations and design of the book are entirely practical. The English part of the book is based mainly on British usage and spelling.

The third edition of Terence Wade’s A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, newly updated and revised, offers the definitive guide to current Russian usage. Provides the most complete, accurate and authoritative English language reference grammar of Russian available on the market Includes up-to-date material from a wide range of literary and non-literary sources, including Russian government websites Features a comprehensive approach to grammar exposition Retains the accessible yet comprehensive coverage of the previous edition while adding updated examples and illustrations, as well as insights into several new developments in Russian language usage since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991