Hi, For academic reasons, I'm pursing the Russian language. To begin my quest, I'm reading the New Penguin guide: Russian Course a Complete Course for Beginners by Nicholas J. Brown. Along with this, I'm watching a number of videos, along with taking a class next semester in Russian. The Russian language and culture, in my opinion, is rich with history and what I'd consider to be "true art," since I share similar the similar taste of Tolstoi. What I mean ...
Originally Posted by Vitaliy Rayz The present GeoCurrents series has focused on the peoples of the Caucasus, examining Russia and Russians only insofar as they have impacted the region. But the Caucasus has played a significant role in the politics of Russia, and in its cultural history as well. The most prominent Russian poets and writers, including Alexander Pushkin, Michael Lermontov, and Lev Tolstoy, traveled through the region and described it in their renowned books. The “cultural exchange,” moreover, went both ways: many ...
Originally Posted by Olga Kagan Homonyms are different words with different meanings, which accidentally happen to be pronounced identically. Therefore, we don’t expect for words that are homonymous in one language to be translated identically to another one (unless the two languages are very close). For instance, the word night is translated to Russian as noch and knight, as rycar’. Thus, homonymy strongly depends on language-specific properties. As a result, puns that are based on this relation are very difficult to translate ...
End 2011, I followed this course on Russian literature, which was taught in such an enthusiastic way that you end up leaving the room with the firm decision to actually READ these books that you have just discussed. So I decided to make a shortlist and to give it a go! I will not wait to start reading these Russian classics until I am retired http://howtostudyrussian.blogspot.co...ian-books.html Sabine
Originally Posted by Alexander Anichkin I'd like to recommend to linguists and students of Russian a simple and fun resourcepoiskslov.com It does what is says – poisk slov – word search. It looks like it was originally developed for lovers of crossword puzzles and Scrabble. Yes, there is a Scrabble in Russian! Same grid, same rules, but the letters are Cyrillic. Pioskslov links to definitions from major Russian dictionaries. Where linguists, professional and amateurs, may find it useful is in its omitted letters ...
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