The Syntax of Russian

John Frederick Bailyn is Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook University. He is the author of numerous articles and edited volumes on formal Slavic linguistics especially in the areas of case, word order, functional categories, syntactic microvariation and binding.

' … this book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students of syntactic theory, of Slavic linguistics, and of language typology … The Syntax of Russian makes a significant contribution to the field of Russian language and linguistics and will serve as an important reference source for researchers and students alike.' Journal of Linguistics

• Part I. Basic Configurations: 1. Verbal phrases; 2. Nominal phrases; 3. Types of clauses; Part II. Case: 4. Core cases of Russian case; 5. More cases of Russian case: predicate instrumental, quantificational genitive and others…; Part III. Word Order: 6. A descriptive overview of Russian word order; 7. Theoretical issues in Russian word order.