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Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Office location and address
1605 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Michigan System : Ann Arbor
Master of Arts (MA), Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Harvard University
Master of Arts (MA), Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Harvard University
Publications
Courses
This is the non-credit option for RUSS 1016.
This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026.
This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2016.
This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026.
Credits: 3
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute.
Credits: 3
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 & 1026 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 , 1026 & 2016 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
An examination of the structure, history, and sociolinguistics of the English spoken in the southeastern United States.
Credits: 3
Examines the sound system of the Russian language with special attention to palatalization, vowel reduction, sounds in combination, and the relationship of sound to spelling. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020.
Credits: 3
Examines the sound system, lexicon, and word formative processes of the Russian literary language. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020
Credits: 3
Introduces sign systems, language as a sign system, and approaches to linguistics description. Emphasizes the application of descriptive techniques to data.
Credits: 3
An introduction to the nature and causation of variation in linguistic systems over time, with attention to the comparative and internal reconstruction of systems no longer attested but assumed to have existed. LNGS 3250 or Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
Required of honors majors in Russian language and literature and Russian and East European studies.
Credits: 3
May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
Provides prospective language teachers with background in descriptive and theoretical linguistics, thus helping them to make informed pedagogical decisions, set realistic pedagogical goals, and read scholarship in pedagogy of the type that appears in relevant scholarly journals (e.g. The Modern Language Journal). Considers trends in Second Language Acquisition and the relevance thereto of Applied Linguistics in recent years.
Credits: 3
A thorough review of Russian grammar. Prerequisite: RUSS 2010, 2020, and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
This course is a formal and systematic analysis of the basic syntactic structures of the contemporary Russian literary language with frequent comparison to English (and other, when possible) structures. The emphasis will be on data, not theoretical principles although the conventional theoretical machinery and language of syntax (phrase structure, complement, anaphora) will be used at all times in class and on assignments.
Credits: 3
Introduction to Grammar and Textual attestation of the oldest attested Slavic Language and the relationship between this language, Old Russian Church Slavonic and Contemporary Standard Russian.
Credits: 3
Linguistic Theory and Analysis
Credits: 3
An introduction to the nature, causation, and theory of variation in linguistic systems over time, with attention to the theoretical underpinnings and implementation of the methods of internal and comparative reconstruction. Prerequisite: LNGS 7010 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
A discuss of the structure and history of the English spoken in the Southeastern United States. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission.
Credits: 1–3
For the students wishing to pursue the analysis of data at a more advanced analytic and theoretical level. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Credits: 1–3
For students wishing to pursue independent reading and research in Russian Linguistics. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission