Search Results: Books:Slavic Literature:Linguistics from ZH BOOKS

Leningrad: Uchpedgiz, 1961. Softcover. First paperback edition [?] (apparently published simultaneously with a hardcover edition); 5 x 7 3/4; pp. 152; green wraps; small chips to tips of spine; a few crease lines to corners of back wrap; very good.A study of various English dialects around the world and their pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar including Taki-Taki, Kroo, Pidgin, Puerto Rican English, and others.

Moscow: Progress, 1964. First edition (translated from German by Braude, L. and Pavlov, V.); 5 1/2 x 8; pp. [4], 5-220, [2] including errata list tipped-in; original beige cloth over boards; minor rubbing and age-toning to edges; signed and inscribed by one of the translators; very good to near fine.First Russian translation of the German work on the division of the Indo-European languages.

Leningrad: Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple-bound 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; pp. 3-80 including text to first and last page; original printed light green wraps; minor wear to covers (slight fading along spine); near fine. One of only 1790 copies printed. Signed and inscribed by author Boris Zharov - professor of Scandinavian philology. The book is the first of its kind in Russia, explaining the phonetics of the Danish language.

Moskva: Inostrannoi Literatury, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. First Russian edition, translated from English; 8vo; pp. [5], 6-404; original green boards with gilt title; wear mostly along edges and corners; several light spots of soiling; spine faded; very good. Danish linguist Otto Espersen's present work encompasses his study of the language from a logical as well as a grammatical point of view.

Moscow: Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. [2], 3-81, [3]; original green and white pictorial wraps; slight crease line to lower right corner of front cover; head and tail of spine worn; overall in very good condition. Signed/inscribed by the author to Anatoly Liberman, a professor of linguistics, etymology, and folklore at the University of Minnesota. He, himself, is the author of several books and hundreds of smaller scholarly works.The book comprises an interesting study of pronunciation.

Leningrad: Leningradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, 1941. Soft cover. First edition; 5 ¼†x 7 ½†; pp. 3-72, including text to last page; original beige printed wraps; vertical cut to tail of spine, else very minor wear to covers; very good or better.

Moscow: Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1978. Soft cover. Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. 3-173, [1]; original green wraps; chipping to tail of spine; 1" piece missing off head of spine; upper two corners of covers show some rubbing; text uniformly age-toned; staples bounding pages showing on title page; overall in good-/acceptable condition. 1 of 1650 copies. The present work analyzes the functions and connections between the words and phrases of the original language and the one into which the literary translation is done.

Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Literatury na Inostrannykh Iazykakh, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. [2], 3-189, [3]; original printed boards; cloth spine; minor wear and age-toning along edges; near fine. A comprehensive study of phonetics and grammar of the Latin language. Includes examples of the linguistic developments during different time periods.

Moscow/Leningrad: Akademia Nauk SSSR, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; 16mo; pp. [2], 3-129, [3]; original green pictorial wraps; minor wear, mostly along edges and head and tail of spine. History of the development of the different parts of speech.

Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossia, 1977. Soft cover. First edition; staple-bound booklet (4†x 6 ½†); pp. 3-79, [1]; original beige pictorial wraps with pink and black illustrations; minor wear and age-toning to covers-mostly along spine; very slight cocking to front cover; text clean; near fine.

Leningrad: Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple-bound booklet; pp. [1], 4-90; original wraps; mimeographed text; minor wear to head of spine and very mild age-toning, else fine. 1 of 295 copies. Application of the theory of "language contact" on the Gypsy language in Europe. The second part of the work contains practical examples, based on Gypsy dialects in the Northern parts of the Soviet Union.

New York: New York University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition; 6" x 9"; pp. [9], 10-275, [1]; original green boards; printed DJ; near fine with minor wear to head and tail of spine and corners. Jacket fair with small chips and some loss of paper to spine edges. Signed and inscribed by Agniia Rzhevskaia to Prof. Anatoly Lieberman. Leonid Rzhevskii was a Russian author, critic, and professor. In 1941 he was captured by the Nazis and held as prisoner of war. Later, he immigrated - first to Germany and then to the US, where he worked at Oklahoma and New York Universities. Subtitled "Literaturovedcheskie Problemy I Analizy," his current book contains a collection of his novels, essays, articles, and short stories - previously published in various journals and other publications and dedicated to analyzing the styles and works of five major Russian writers - Babel, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Bulgakov, and Akhmadulina.

Moscow: Mezhdunarodnie Otnoshenia, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. 3-214; original red wraps; minor wear to covers-mostly to corners; Head and tail of spine show some bunching of paper; spine lighter color from aging; very good or better. The author analyzes the main theoretical processes and difficulties of meaningful and descriptive vs. "machine" translation.

Leningrad: Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1968. First edition; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2; pp. 3-213, [1]; purple wraps printed in b&w; some wear to tips of spine; small nick to fore-edge of back cover and last several pages; a few crease lines; overall very good.A comparative study of the structure and development of complex sentences in the English language from the olden days to the contemporary period.

Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Nauchno-tekhnicheskoe Izdatel'stvo Legkoi Promyshlennosti, 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition (presumed); 5" x 8"; pp. [2], 3-142, [2]; original stiff printed green and beige wraps; small chips to head and tail of spine and a slight closed cut, else very minor wear to covers; very good to near fine. An interesting post-WWII handbook on Russian grammar and punctuation specifically targeting printers and press workers.

Moscow: Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1962. Soft cover. Good. First edition; stapled booklet; pp. [2], 3-52; mimeographed text; original pictorial turquoise wraps with white title and decorations; head and tail of spine worn with small rubbed spots along spine; small nick to bottom edge of front cover; overall in good condition. The author elaborates on the similarities and the differences in grammar of languages in the same language group.

Moscow: Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1962. Soft cover. Good. First edition; stapled booklet; pp. [2], 3-52; mimeographed text; original pictorial turquoise wraps with white title and decorations; head and tail of spine worn with small rubbed spots along spine; small nick to bottom edge of front cover; overall in good condition. The author elaborates on the similarities and the differences in grammar of languages in the same language group.

Vologda: Vologodskii Gosudarstvennyi Pedagogicheskii Institut, 1974. First edition; 5 1/4 x 8; pp. 3-102, [2]; original printed green and white wraps; minor rubbing to head and tail of spine; faint age-toning to back cover; signed and inscribed by author; in about near fine condition.From the editor: "This monograph is a study of informal English compared with Socio-Professional Nonstandard English and Substandard English."

Leningrad: Leningradskii Gosudarstvennyi Pedagogicheskii Institut Imeni A. I. Gertsena, 1972. First edition; 5 1/4 x 8; pp. 3-55, [1] including text to last page; white stapled wraps printed in orange and black; chip to head of spine; minor age-toning to margins; illustrated with large fold-out tables; signed and inscribed by author; very good or better.A tutorial on the synonyms in the English language.

Leningrad: Nauka, 1990. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 3-238; green wraps printed in b&w; small chips to head and tail of spine; few faint crease lines to corners; signed and inscribed by author; very good or better.A lengthy study on homonyms including characteristics, theories, and classification.