Investigated the acquisition of the comprehension of overt morphological case marking by adult native speakers of English who were learning Russian or German as a second language. Results demonstrated that learners of Russian use case marking much earlier than learners of German and that learners of German rely more on animacy to supplement the…

This paper summarizes two Russian textbooks' presentations of stress patterns of the Russian noun and offers an alternative that aims to be simpler and pedagogically more attractive. The proposed system presents stress information by means of a base form, written by means of symbols appearing over the appropriate syllable. (CHK)

Suggests that teaching of Russian phonology and morphology be based on the twelve vowel-units and twenty consonant-units that are the basis of conventional Russian spelling. Paradigms of inflected words should be presented in terms of stems plus endings. (CHK)

Gaps in the morphological systems of languages are discussed, with specific examples from English, Russian, Arabic, and Hungarian. (RM)

The article refers to Soviet neologisms and their treatment in East and West Germany. Morphological formation of new Russian words, the problem of German language equivalents and fifferences between West and East German treatment of them are dealt with. (Text is in German.) (DH)

Transitive softening, or the shift of a dental or velar to a palato-alveolar, and the insertion of a palatalized /1/ after a labial, are examined. The older transformational cycle of Halle is set aside in favor of a morphological rule. Productive and non-productive verb classes are analyzed. (SC)

DESIGNED AS A REFERENCE WORK FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF RUSSIAN, AND FOR OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE STRESS AND MORPHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN SURNAMES, THE DICTIONARY INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 23,000 SELECTED SURNAMES TAKEN FROM IMPORTANT PROSE WORKS OF 19TH- AND 20TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE, THE "LARGE SOVIET ENCYCLOPEDIA," AND THE "1960 MOSCOW TELEPHONE…

Reviews the development of the shifting stress (SS) pattern in the Russian present tense. Attempts to account for its continued increase in use. The origin of the SS pattern can be seen in the development of the "a/i-" stem verbs. Verbs deriving imperfectives with the suffix "-yv + aj" also analogize the SS pattern. (Author/LMO)

Reexamines data concerning the effect a mobile vowel, followed by the zero-ending, has on a stem's stress pattern in Contemporary Standard Russian. Suggests a new representation of the stress patterns of stems with the vowel-zero alternation. (PMJ)

Discusses, with many examples, a new Russian dictionary by D. Rosental and M. Telenkowa which is considered excellent for advanced students of Russian because it not only provides information on spelling, punctuation, stress and grammar but also on the levels of usage of both words and constructions. (Text is in German.) (FB)

Considers two aspects of contemporary Russian language usage: (1) synonymity of prepositions, and (2) semantic and stylistic differences arising when certain verbs govern nouns in different cases. Material is excerpted from "Stilistik der russischen Sprache" (Russian Language Style) by Rosental and M. Telenkowa. (Text is in German.) (FB)