Linguistics

Scatton & Velcheva

Proto-Slavic and Old Bulgarian Sound Changes

This is an English version of Praslavianski i starob''lgarski fonologicheski izmeneniia, published in 1980 by the Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Because this innovative and important book was received with great enthusiasm by...

Mayo, Peter J.

Morphology of Aspect

Since the seventeenth century was a critical period for the development of modern Russian, this study focusses on a relatively unified group of texts from one period and subjects them to a detailed and careful analysis. Constant comparisons to the...

Schmalstieg, William

An Introduction to Old Church Slavic

Because this book contains not only the grammatical material, but also readings and a detailed glossary for them, with full cross-referencing, it makes a complete introductory course in OCS. All paradigms and reading selections (except the Freising...

Hamilton, William

Introduction to Russian Phonology and Word Structure

Although this book was written for structure of Russian courses, it can also be used profitably in upper-level grammar courses. It consists of parts on phonetics, phonemics and morphophonemics. The phonetics section gives a general introduction to...

Gribble, Charles E.

Russian Root List, 2nd Ed.

An essential book for every student and teacher of Russian. Helps students increase their vocabulary and remember words better because they understand how the meanings are derived. "The book is a small miracle." (SEEJ) "It can be recommended without...

Levin, Maurice

Russian Declension & Conjugation

An important and widely-used text on the structure of Russian, of use to teachers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate language students. Contents:I. Structural TranscriptionII. Noun StressIII. Noun Declension;IV. Adjective DeclensionV...

Townsend, Charles

Russian Word Formation

A practical, general description of Russian derivational morphology aimed at a wide audience. Of use to Russian linguists, specialists in the Russian language, graduate students in Slavic languages and literatures, teachers of Russian, and, taught...

Rothstein, Robert

More Words to the Wise

  This book is not about “things you always wanted to know about Polish but were afraid to ask,” but rather about “things about Polish you never imagined could be so interesting until Professor Rothstein began to talk about them...

Gribble, Charles E.

The Forms of Russian

The Forms of Russian gives a thorough account of Russian morphology and morphophonemics pitched at intermediate to advanced learners of Russian, and is especially suited for a course in the structure of Russian for Russian majors and beginning graduate...

Cynthia M. Vakareliyska

Lithuanian Root List

Thirty-five years after the publication of Charles Gribble’s monumental Russian Root List, Slavica Publishers offers Cynthia M. Vakareliyska’s Lithuanian Root List, the first list of common Lithuanian roots...

Darden, Bill J.

Studies in Phonological Theory and Historical Linguistics

This book provides some of the fruits of a career teaching Slavic linguistics and phonological theory. Bill Darden was trained in both Prague-School linguistics and generative phonology, and integrates both in his work. He was among the early proponents...

Tore Nesset

How Russian Came to be the Way It Is: A Student’s Guide to the History of the Russian Language

Time machines do not exist, but books are good substitutes. This book takes you two thousand years back in time and explains how the Russian language came to be the way it is by reviewing all major changes in the grammar and sound system. In addition...