Russian 2210 (Structure of Russian for Language Teachers)
Russian 1400 (Advanced Russian Morphology)

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Last modified: 2010-01-06
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David J. Birnbaum, djbpitt@pitt.edu

Textbook available on Courseweb (under “Course Documents”)

Gribble contents

1. Orthography and pronunciation
2. Noun declension
3. Noun stress
4. Adjectives
5. Pronominals
6. Numerals
7. Verbs 1
8. Verbs 2
9. Participles and gerunds
10. Imperfective derivation

Other topics

1. Aspect
2. Verbs of motion
3. Word order
4. Case use with verbs, prepositions, and otherwise

Reference materials

1. Textbooks
   1. Presentations and descriptions
   2. Order of presentation
2. Dictionaries
3. Grammars
4. Zaliznjak Grammatical dictionary (electronic version)

Activities

1. Review of topics in Russian grammar from a practical linguistic perspective
2. Review and critique of actual language textbooks
3. Development of grammar-teaching modules (presentations?)
4. Tutoring of first- and second-year Russian-language students