Russian Nouns of Common Gender in Use by Marina Rojavin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Russian Nouns of Common Gender in Use by Marina Rojavin, Alexander Rojavin Russian Nouns of Common Gender in Use is a unique collection of more than 150 nouns that mainly have grammatical features of the feminine gender, but refer to both male and female persons. This book would serve as a valuable tool for students and instructors, translators, scholars, and anyone interested in learning the Russian la FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Russian Nouns of Common Gender in Use is a unique collection of more than 150 nouns that mainly have grammatical features of the feminine gender, but refer to both male and female persons. This book provides the meanings of the words and explains their use in discourse with the help of examples from literature, media, and everyday speech. Each entry includes parallel English translations, which are analogous and appropriate to the given context. These enable the reader to easily grasp each words organic place and purpose in a particular sentence or situation. This book will serve as a valuable tool for students and instructors, translators, scholars, and anyone interested in learning the Russian language. Author Biography Marina Rojavin is teaching at Bryn Mawr College. She specializes in Russian language and culture, Soviet film and, in particular, character archetypes in Soviet cinema of 60s–80s; Russian media studies; Russian intellectuals in Imperial Russia; and Russian intelligentsia. Marina has published articles on the semantic category of gender in Russian and Ukrainian and on the grammatical category of gender in Russian. She and Allan Reid published A Guide to Russian Words and Expressions that Cause Difficulties in 2004. Her most recent publications are the textbook Russian for Advanced Students (2013), completed with her colleagues, and the volume Women in Soviet Film: The Thaw and Post-Thaw Periods (2017), edited together with Timothy Harte. Alexander Rojavin is currently in law school, studying international law and public policy. A native speaker of English and Russian, he has focused his undergraduate and graduate studies on Soviet and post-Soviet media space, producing a masters thesis on media ownership in Ukraine and on the legal framework within which the Ukrainian media operates. Alexander helped translate a series of theater treatises for Nikolai Demidovs Becoming an Actor-Creator (2016). He has also translated a series of contemporary Russian plays (forthcoming) and a work of creative nonfiction by Yevsey Tseytlin, Long Conversations in Anticipation of a Joyous Death (2018), which grapples with the history and fate of Lithuanias Jewry. Table of Contents About the BookAbout Russian Nouns of Common Gender TerminologyEntriesBibliographyList of Russian Nouns of Common Gender Details ISBN1138483826 Author Alexander Rojavin Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 1138483826 ISBN-13 9781138483828 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation Temple University, USA DEWEY 491.75 Publication Date 2019-02-06 Pages 130 Language English UK Release Date 2019-02-06 AU Release Date 2019-02-06 NZ Release Date 2019-02-06 Alternative 9781138483804 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135975391;

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