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MEMORANDUM
Subject ?
PROPOSED CHANGES ?
DEPARTMENT ?
OF
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Date ...... ...!JUS
LANGUAGES, LITERATURES & LINGUISTIC.
I. ?
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies, at its meeting of July 26, 1983, gives rise to
the following motion:-
MOTION: ?
"That Senate approve and recoin
the Board of Governors, as set
the-proposed - -
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New courses - RUSS 106-1
RUSS 406-3
RUSS 407-3
nend approval to
forth in S.83-62
Russian Word Formation
Compartive Russian and English
Morphology and Syntax
Russian Syntax
ii)
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Deletion of RUSS 403-5 History of the Russian Language"
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Subject to the approval of the course by Senate and the
Board of Governors, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies approved waiver of the two semester time lag
requirement for offering RUSS 407-3 - Russian Syntax to
permit first offering in Spring 1984.
II. ?
For Information:-
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of
July 26, 1983, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies approved change in title of RUSS 105-1
FROM: Elementary Russian
TO: ?
Russian Pronunciation
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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Harry Evans
Secretary
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New Courses
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and Curriculum Revisions:
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Literatures and Linguistics
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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of April 21,
1983, approved the following courses for permanent inclusion in the calendar:
RUSS 106-1 Russian Word Formation
RUSS 406-3 Comparative Russian and English Morphology and Syntax
RUSS 407-.3 Russian Syntax
The Committee also approved the following curriculum revisions:
(a)
Change of Title for RUSS 105-1: Russian Pronunciation.
(b)
Deletion of RUSS 403-5 History of the Russian Language.
Would you please place these items on the agenda of the next meeting of S.C.U.S.
Thank you.
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S. Roberts
SR/md
c.c. G. Merler, D.L.L.L,
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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Assistant to the Dean of Arts
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Chairman, DILL.
Subject
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Date
The new course proposals, course deletion and change in course title
were unanimously approved by D.L.L.L. Plenary on March 3rd, 1983 and are
submitted herewith to be placed on the agenda of the Faculty of Arts Curriculum
Committee:
1.
New Course Proposals:
RUSS.106-1
Russian Word Formation
RUSS. 406-3
'Comparative Russian and English Morphology & Syntax
RTJSS.407-3
Russian Syntax
2.
Course Deletion:
RUSS.403-5
History of the Russian Language
3.
Change in Course Title:
from:
RUSS.105-1
Elementary Russian
to;
RUSS.105-1
Russian Pronunciation
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Dr. Neville
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Lincoln,
Chairman, DILL.
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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES & LINGUISTICS
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CURRICULUM REVISIONS
RUSSIAN DIVISION
p.
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CHANGE OF TITLE
RUSS 105-1
From: ?
Elementary Russian
To: ?
Russian Pronunciation
See Appendix A
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RATIONALE: -The-proposed--tit-le corresponds far-better to the
content of the course.
NEW COURSE
Add RUSS 106-1 Russian Word-Formation
A practical course to aid students in acquiring Russian
• ?
vocabulary through study and exercises in the more regular
aspects of word-derivation. Required of all Honors, Majors
and Minors, and highly recommended for all students of
Russian. Should be taken concurrently with the second
semester of Russian language taken at the University.
0-1-0
See Appendix B
RATIONALE: For a long time the one-hour course RUSS 105-1 has
been a very useful and popular aid to students in
mastering difficulties of Russian pronunciation.
The course is available to students in both our
series of Russian courses, and allows the students
to focus on problems of pronunciation without
interrupting the regular flow of work in their
basic Russian courses.
Another area of special difficulty for students of
Russian is the vocabulary. It is apparent that a
course similar to the pronunciation course, but
focusing on vacabulary-building through study of
the structure of words, would be very beneficial and
popular with students of Russian. By bringing out
regularities of word-formation and through practical
• ?
drill in this area, the course should go a long way
toward helping students cope with the seemingly
opaque Russian lexicon.
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p.
190
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DELETE
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RUSS 403-5 History of the Russian Language
NEW COURSES
Add RUSS 406-3 Comparative Russian and English Morphology and Syntax
A comparison of Russian and English morphology and syntax.
Knowledge of Russian not required. Forms will be cited in
the Roman orthography.
1-2-0
See Appendix C
Add RUSS 407-3 Russian Syntax
Introduction to Russian Syntax.
2-1-0
See Appendix D
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.
RATIONALE: RUSS 406-3 and RUSS 407-3 will replace RUSS 403-5,
the History of Russian. It is the concensus of the
Russian Division that
RUSS
403-5 is not well-suited
to the needs of the student who is studying the
contemporary language.
RUSS
403-5 is a five credit course which is normally
offered every other year. It is normally taught in
one semester of the academic year, and there is no
complementary course in the other semester.
RUSS
406-3
and
RUSS
407-3 would spread this out over two
consecutive semesters, providing a continuous flow
of Russian linguistics courses in a two-year period:
RUSS
401-3, RUSS 402-4 (existing courses) in one year;
and
RUSS
406-3, RUSS 407-3 in the second year. The
instructor who teaches
RUSS
403-5 would be then
available to teach
RUSS
406-3 and
RUSS
407-3.
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1. Cjjcndar Information ?
Department:
Abbreviation Code:_RUSS Course Number:106
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Credit Hours: 1 Vector: 040
Titid of Course: ?
Russian Word-brntion
Calendar Description of Course:
A practical course to aid students in acquiring Russian vocabulary through study and
exercises in the more regular dspects of rd-derivation. Re
q
uired of all Honors,
Majors and Minors,
,
and highly recc*unended for all students of Russian. should be taken
concurrently with the second semester of Russian language taken at the University.
Nature of Course Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
- -
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S1OOi
SS
110, or equivalent.
What course (course.), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this cou
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is
approved: ?
None
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How frequently will the course be
offered?
Twice per year (Fall and Spring)
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Which of your present faculty would be
available
to make the proposed offering
possible? Wah]gren, DeArrind
3. Objectives of the Course
To provide students who are taking either Introductory Russian or Translation Russian
with additional insights and tools for vocabulary acquisition which cannot be
conveniently incorporated into those courses.
..Budgetaryand SpaceRequirements (for information only)
What, additional resources will
be
required in the following areas:
Faculty ?
None
SENATE COHMITTEE
ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES,
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Staff ?
None
Library ?
None
Audio Visual ?
None
Space ?
None
Equipment ?
None
.
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Date:
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Proposed Russian
Course Changes and Additions
1.
Russian 105-1
It is proposed to change the course title from "Elementary Russian" to
"Russian Pronunciation".
Rational.:
We have simply lived with this name since courses
were
first
introduced in 1966; the proposed titie corresponds far better to the
actual content of the course.
2.
Russian 106-1 Russian Word-Formation
It
is
proposed to add this course as an adjunct to the s.condseeester
introductory Russian courses, RUSS 101-3 and RUSS 111.
Rationales
For a long time the one-hour course RUSS 105-1 has been a very
useful and popular aid to students in mastering difficulties of Russian
pronunciation. The course is available to students in both our
series
of Russian courses, and allows the students to focus on problems of
pronunciation without interrupting the regular flow of work in their
basic Russian courses.
Another area of special difficulty for students of Russian is the
vocabulary. It is apparent that a course similar to the pronunciation
course, but focusing on vocabulary-building through study of the
structure of words, would be very beneficial and popular with students
of Russian. By bringing out regularities of word-formation and through
practical drill in this area, the course should go a long way toward
helping students cope with the seemingly opaque Russian lexicon
Course Outline:
The course will be conducted as a one-hour-per-Week tutorial
emphasizing active student participation in all kinds of exercises and
drills designed to reveal the nature of Russian word-structure and
activate the students' ability to think structurally about Russian
words as they go about learning vocabulary and when they are faced
with the problem of guessing at meanings of words.
Students will begin the course by gaining a clear understanding of
the distinction between derivation and inflection. Then the notion of
"root" as it applies to Russian will be introduced and made the basis
of practical work throughout the course: students will be expected to
learn some 150 important roots. At the same time as the student is
learning roots, he will be learning each week various derivational
processes building upon roots with prefixes and suffixes.
Derivational relationships among the word-classes of Russian will be
stressed throughout, and an appreciation of the interrelationships in
C.
the structure of the lexicon will be encouraged through a variety of
specially designed drills and exercises.
The textbook for the course will be.u!!Lan Root ;,is
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With a
Sketch
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by Charles E. 3ribble, Columbus, Ohio 1981.
Sections will also be assigned From Russian Word-Forrnatio!
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by Charles
E. Townsend, New York 1968. Exercise material prepared by John
Wahigren will be handed out.
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Abbreviation
Code:
RUSS ?
Course
Number:
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406
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Credit Hours: 3 ?
Vector: 1-2-0
Title of Course:
?
Comparative Russian and English Morphology and Syntax-
Calendar Description of Course:
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A comparison of Russian and English morphology and syntax. Knowledge of Russian
not required. Forms will
be
cited in the Roman orthography.
Nature of Course ?
Lecture/tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Linguistics 222-3; Linguistics 405-3 strongly recommended
What
approved:
course (courses), if
any,
is being dropped from
the calendar
if this cou
?
is
?
Russian 403-5
Sch
edulin
g
How
frequently will the course be offered?
?
Every other year.
Semester in which the course will first be
offered? Fall 1984.
Which
possible?of
your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offerin
g
Dr. R. C. DeArmond, Dr. R. Saunders
J. Objectives of the Course
See attached
e.
Rudetary
and
Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Lib rary
None
Audio
Visual
None
Spice
None
Equipment
None
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Date: ?
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Russian 406-3
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Comparative Russian and English Syntax and Morphology ?
Richard C. DeArmond
Prereq
uisites:
Linguistics 222-3; Linguistics 405-3 strongly recommended.
Required Text:
There is no text. Certain selections from the bibliography
will be assigned; the remaining bibliography is for
reference.
Description:
This course will compare and contrast English and Russian
morphology and syntax. It
?
is
?
intended
?
to
?
provide
-
linguistics students with a grammatical sketch of another
language. It will also provide Russiaxr minors- and- -majors
with ?
an analysis formally demonstrating some of the
grammatical differences between English
?
and
?
Russian..
?
Lectures and assigned readings will cover some of the
following topics in morphology: case, tense, number,
gender, person, definiteness, voice, aspect, mood.. In
syntax: word order, pronominalization, raising, passive
formation, ?
dative ?
subjects, ?
questicn ?
formation, ?
cop1ementation, relative clauses, participles, gerunds,
• ?
impersonal verbs, agreement, grammatical categories.
Structure:
The course will consist of one lecture per week, plus two
tutorial sections. Certain topics will be assigned to a
student to report on. There will be a mid-term exam plus a
final paper. Marks will be based on the exam, the term
paper, and class-room participation.
is
C.
Memo
Russian 406-3
The following are some of the topics which would be covered
in
morphology: case, tense, number, gender, person, definiteness, voice,
aspect, mood. In syntax: word order, pronominalization, raising,
passive formation, dative subjects, question formation,
complementation, relative clauses, participles, gerunds, impersonal
verbs, agreement, grammatical categories (subject and object). Each
grammatical category will be covered individually, and a comparison
will be made of the way in which both languages deal with these
categories and their interrelationships.
This course is intended for linguistics majors. Its purpose is
to acquaint the student with the formal syntax and morphology of
English in relation to the formal syntax and morphology of another
language, in this case, Russian. Linguistics 405-3 primarily uses
English as a vehicle of the study of syntax. Because of the
complexity of syntax, it is not feasible in that course
to
incorporate
problems from additional languages to an extent that the
student can appreciate the nature of syntax in those other languages,
especially a language which differs substantially from English.
The course is also intended for Russian majors. It will help the
student to understand the differences between English and Russian in
a formal context. Currently, Russian syntax is not formally taught in
a theoretical framework. It will aid the student who intends to take
R1407-3, although the course will not be a prerequisite to R407-3.
2
40
There is no overlap with any course in the Linguistics Division.
The course in one sense may appear to overlap with
R407-3
(Russian
Syntax), but its goal and content will differ. The proposed course,
P407-3, will cover the formal rules of Russian syntax, and will deal
in depth with those Eroblews of Russian syntax, that will not be
considered in in P406-3.
This course and R407-3 will replace R403-5, the History of
Russian. It is the conceasus of the Russian Division that R403-5-is
not well-suited to the needs of the student who is studying the
contemporary language.
P
1
403-5 is a five credit course which is normally offered every
other year. It is normally taught in one semester of the academic
year, and there is no complementary course in the other semester.
P1406-3 and P407-3 would spread this out over two consecutive
semesters, providing a continuous flow of Russian
linguistics courses
in
a two-year period: P401-3, R402-4 (existing courses) in one year;
and P406-3, P
1
407-3 in the second year. The instructor who teaches
P403-5 would be then available to teach P406-3 and P407-3.
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Suggested bibliography
Some of the bibliography listed below is intended for reference
only, and only the introductory parts of the more advanced texts
would be assigned.
Akiajian, Adrian, and Frank Heny.
(1975).
kn
Introduction to the
of Transformational Syntax. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press.
Babby, Leonard H. (197
1
4). Towards a Formal Theory of 'Part of
Speech.'
?
in ?
R. ?
Brecht ?
and C. ?
Chvany,
?
edss,
qlavic
Transformational. ?
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan:
151-181.
Babby, Leonard H. (1975a). A Transformational Analysis of
Transitive
:1a Verbs in Russian. Lin
q
ua 35.3-4: 297-332.
Babby, Leonard H. (1975b). Impersonal Verbs and their
Lexical
Specification. Slavic
?
urna. 19.2: 182-187.
Babby, Leonard H. (19714). Morphology in a Transofrmational; Grammar
of Russian: Inflectional Categories. International Review of
Slavic Linguistics 1.2-3: 241-272.
Babby, Leonard H. (1978). Participles in Russian:
Attribution,
Predication, and Voice. International Review of Slavic
Lingistics
3.1-2: 5-25.
Babby, Leonard H. (1980). Babby, L. H., and R. D. Brecht. (1975). The
Syntax of Voice in Russian. Lan
g
ua g
e. 51.2: 342-367.
Baker, Carl L. (1980). Introduction
?
Generative-Transformational?
Syntax. Englewood cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Blauvelt, Yvonne N. (1980). Russian e . rbal Agreement. Unpublished
doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University. Chomsky, Noain.
(1970). Remarks on Nominalizations. In Readings
in
Transformational, Gramm, eds. P. Jacobs and P. Rosenbaum.
Waltham: Ginn.
Chomsky, Noam. (1973). Conditions
?
on ?
Transformations.
?
In
Festschrift for Norris Halle, eds. S. Anderson and P. Kiparsky.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Chomsky, Noam. (1979). Principles and Parameters in Syntactic Theory.
Unpublished ms, M.I.T.; to appear in Hornstein and Lightfoot,
eds.
.
.
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Chomsky, Roam. (1980a). On Binding. Linguistic In
q
uiry 11.1: 1-46.
Chomsky, Roam. (1980b). On the Representation of Form and Function.
Linguistic Review (Text of talk presented at C.N.R.S.
Conference, Royauwont, June, 1980.)
Chomsky, Roam. (1981a). Markedness. The
?
gjisiç Review 1.1: 3-40.
Chomsky, Noam. (1982). Some Concepts and Consguences of the TheoU
of Government
(Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 6.)
Cambridge,
Mass.:
The MIT Press.
Chomsky, Roam. (1981b). Lectures
?
Governm
e n t . Studies ?
in Generative Grammar 9. Dordrecht: Foris Publications.
Chvany, Catherine.
(1975).
On -the ?
tax- ?
Sentenc
?
in Rus sian. ?
Cambridge,
Massachusetts:
-_
Slavica.
Crockett, Dina.
(1976).
AaLeement in
Conte mporar y Standard Russian.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Slavica.
Green, Mark C. (1980). On the S y
ntax and Semantics of Impersonal
Sentences in jian: A Study
21
the Sentence !xp.
Unpublished
?
Ph.D. ?
dissertation, ?
Cornell
•
?
Unvirsity.
Harrison, W.
(1967).
Te EKRression of the Passive V
oic
e
.
(Studies in
the Modern Russian Language
14
and 5.) London: Cambridge
University Press.
Ivic, Milka. (1965). On the Origin of the Russian Sentence Type
(Ego) Zavalilo Snegom'. Die W e lt ? Slan K:
317-321.
Hermon, Gabriella. (1981). Non-nomin at ive Sub j
ect
Constructions in
the Government
and Bindin
g Framewor
k
. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Klaiman, M. H. (1981). Toward a Universal Semantics of Indirect
Subject Constructions. In
?
oceedij
?
of the Sev
en
th
Meeting ?
of
?
the
?
Berkeley
?
_qu
istics Societ
y
. Berkeley,
?
California.
Kienin, Emily B..(1974). Russian Refl
ex ive Pronouns and the Semanti
c
Roles of Noun Phrases in Sentences. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation, Princeton University.
Micklesen, Lew.
(1968).
Impersonal Sentences in Russian.
American
Contributions to
the 6th International Coress
2f
Slpvists. Vol
I: Linguistic Contributions: 275-331. The
Hague: Mouton.
is ?
Linguistics.
Alec. (1982). Grammatical Relations and Explanation in
Linguistics. In A. Zaenin, ed., Sujects and Oth2K Subjects
Proceedin2s of the Harvard Conference on the Representation
83 -IS
5
?
S
Grammatical
?
Relation
s :
?
1-24.
?
Reproduced ?
by the Indiana
University Linguistics
Club.
?esektsky, David. (1982). Paths and Categories. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation, M.I.T.
Scholz, F.
(1973). Russian Imptrsonal gxpressionsUsed wj..tji Reference
to a Person. The
Hague: Mouton.
Worth, Dean. (1958). Transform Analysis of Russian
Instrumental
Constructions.
!d 14. 2-3: 247-290.
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COURSE
ON
PROPOSAL
U
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FORM
STUDIES
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1. Cth.ndir
Infornation ?
Department: ?
D.L.L.L.
•
?
Abbreviation C
ode:
RUSS Course Number:
?
407 ?
Credit Hours:
3
Vector:
2-1-0 -
?
Title of Course:
?
Russian Syntax
Calendar Description of Course:
Int
roduction to Russian Syntax-
?
Nature
of Course ?
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
RUSS.202-3;
Ling.222-3; Ling 405-3 strongly recommended.
What
approved:
course
?
Russ.
(courses),
-
403-5
?
if
any, is
being dropped
-
from
?
-
?
the
-
?
calendar
-
if this cou
jL
c tj
is
!.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be
offered?
Every other year
Semester in
which the course will first be
offered?
?
Spring 1984
Which
possible?
of
?
your
Dr.
present
R. C.
faculty
DeArniond
would
?
Dr.
be
R.
available
Saunders
to make
the proposed offering
J. Objectives of the Course
See attached
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty ?
None
Staff ?
None
Library
?
None ?
Audio Visual
None
Space ?
None
Equipment
?
None
Approval
Date: ?
_________
_
De
?
tmnt Chairman
?
Dean ?
Chairman, CiJS
•
L!aclk
.US
73-j66:-
course
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Out
W
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n completing this form, for instructions
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Russian 407
Russian Syntax
Richard C. DeArmoad
Spring Semester 1984
Prerequisites:
Linguistics 222-3, Russian 202-3. Ling. 405-3 strongly
recommended.
Texts: ?
There is no assigned text. Selected readings will be
assigned from the bibliography.
Description:
This
for the
course
following
will cover
topics
the
in
basic
Russian
rules
syntax:
and
word
argumentation
order,
?
5
pronominalization, raising, passive formation,
?
dative
subjects, null subjects, question formation,
complementation, relative clauses, participles, gerunds,
impersonal verbs, agreement, and grammatical relations,
Structure:
The course will consist of two lectures and one tutorial
per week. Narks will be based on weekly assignments, a
midterm exam, and a final exam.
0
• ?
Russian 407-3
Introduction to the Analysis of the Syntax of Modern Russian
R I
407-3 will cover the basic rules and argumentation of word
order,, pronominalization,
raising,
passive formation, dative
subjects, question formation, complementation, relative clauses,
participles, gerunds, impersonal verbs, agreement, grammatical
categories (subject and object). The course is intended for Russian
majors and honours.
The formal analysis of Russian syntax is not presently taught.
Russian 402 is concerned with inflectional morphology. The lack of
syntax is a serious gap in the program for any major who needs to
understand the grammar of the language. Until a few years ago, little
formal research had been carried out on Russian syntax, but it is now
possible to start incorporating some of the results of recent
research into a basic course.
Prerequisites:
Russ
202, Linguistics 222. Linguistics 405 and
R406 are strongly recommended.
This course and R406 will replace R403-5, the History of
Russian. It is the concensus of the Russian Division that R403-5 is
not well suited to the needs of the student who is studying the
contemporary language.
R403 is a five credit course which is normally offered every
other year. R403 is normally taught in one semester of the academic
18
?
year, and there is no complementary course in the other semester.
R406 and
R1407
would spread this out over two consecutive
semesters,
2
is
providing a continuous flow of Russian linguistics courses in a
two-year
period: R401,, R4402 in
one year; and R1406, R407 in
the
second
year.
The
instructor
who teaches
R403 would
be
available
to teach
R406 and
R407. It
will not interfere
with
the instructor's other
teaching responsibilities..
The bibliography for
R407-3 is
the
sane
as that
for R406-3..
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0
