Linguistics

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...

Shrager, Miriam et al. (eds.)

Studies in Accentology & Slavic Linguistics in Honor of Ronald F. Feldstein

This volume presents eleven articles on Slavic linguistics and accentology in honor of Professor Emeritus Ronald F. Feldstein of Indiana University. Ronald Feldstein has been a leading practitioner in historical and comparative Slavic linguistics, with a...

Burak, Alexander

“The Other” in Translation

In “The Other” in Translation: A Case for Comparative Translation Studies, Alexander Burak brings theorists and practitioners together and discusses ways of resolving specific translation problems on the basis of middle-range theories...

Bethea & Bethin

American Contributions to the 15th International Congress of Slavists

The 2013 volume of American contributions to the quintennial series of international congresses bringing together the world's Slavists provides a representative sampling of current trends in Slavic literature, linguistics, and philology as practiced in...

Fidler, Masako Ueda

Onomatopoeia in Czech

The first systematic view of onomatopoeia focuses on the relationship between onomatopoeia and grammar in Czech. It demonstrates that onomatopoeia as a linguistic device can add a special dimension and depth to the progression of text, such as the...

Friedman, Victor

Grammatical Categories of the Macedonian Indicative, 2nd Revised Edition

In terms of the morphosyntax, semantics, and pragmatics of its verbal system, Macedonian differs significantly from both Bulgarian and from Bosnian / Croatian / Montenegrin / Serbian (BCMS). Macedonian is closer to Bulgarian than to BCMS both in its...

Janda et al.

Why Russian Aspectual Prefixes Aren’t Empty

In this monograph the authors assert that Russian verbal prefixes always express meaning, even when they are used to form the perfective partners of aspectual pairs. The prefixes in verbs like написать/na-pisat' 'write' and сварить/s-varit' 'cook'...

Rudin, Catherine

Aspects of Bulgarian Syntax 2nd, Revised Edition

This volume presents an analysis of clause structure in Bulgarian, with special focus on several interrelated areas: complementizers and complementation, wh-movement constructions including a variety of relative and interrogative clauses, and the...

Dickey, Steven M., and Mark R. Lauersdorf (eds.)

V zeleni drželi zeleni breg: Studies in Honor of Marc L. Greenberg

This volume of essays honors Marc L. Greenberg for his distinguished contributions to research in the field of Slavic linguistics, as well as for his effort in support of foreign languages in American higher education, most notably as a professor and...

Edited by Steven L. Franks, Vrinda Chidambaram, Brian D. Joseph, and Iliyana Krapova

Katerino Mome: Studies in Bulgarian Morphosyntax in Honor of Catherine Rudin

As demonstrated by the diverse contributions to this volume, Catherine Rudin occupies a special position in Bulgarian linguistics. Since her 1982 Indiana University dissertation, she has come to be known as the doyenne of Bulgarian generative syntax. Her...

Christina Y. Bethin (ed.)

American Contributions to the 16th International Congress of Slavists Vol. 1: Linguistics

The 2018 volumes of American contributions to the quintennial series of international congresses bringing together the world's Slavists provides a representative sampling of current trends in Slavic literature, linguistics, and philology as practiced in...

Bauckus, Susan and Susan Kresin (eds.)

Connecting across Languages and Cultures: A Heritage Language Festchrift in Honor of Olga Kagan

As the founding director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center and the Heritage Language Journal, Olga Kagan has been a core figure in the development of the field of heritage language studies. By promoting both the creation of a foundational...