QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO WORD-FORMATION COURSE

RUS027 Russian Vocabulary and Word-formation

Value: 15 credits. Semester: 2 or 4 Level: 4
Pre-requisite: A level in Russian, RUS006, RUS007 or equivalent
A study of the major elements of the vocabulary of Russian and of the structure of
Russian words. Aims: to build up a solid Russian vocabulary; to enhance comprehension
of texts through awareness of the structure of words and of their potential meanings.
Assessment: Ten written assignments (20 %); one two -hour examination (80 %)

Lecture 1. INTRODUCTION. BASIC TERMS

Lecture 2. DIFFERENT WAYS OF WORD-FORMATION

I. Lexical-Syntactical
II. Morphological-Syntactical
III. Morphological
1. Prefixation
2. Suffixation
3. Prefixation-Suffixation
4. Zero Suffixation
5. Combination

Lecture 3. NOUNS DERIVED BY SUFFIXATION (I)

1. Persons (male and female; common gender) and Animals (and their babies)

Lecture 4. NOUNS DERIVED BY SUFFIXATION (II)

1. Objects and places
2. Abstract concepts
3. Collectives and singulars
4. Evaluation

NOUNS DERIVED BY COMBINATION

Lecture 5. NOUNS DERIVED BY PREFIXATION

& PREFIXATION-SUFFIXATION

ADJECTIVES DERIVED BY SUFFIXATION

1. Relative and Qualitative Adjectives Derived by Suffixation
2. Participial Adjectives Derived by Suffixation
3. Possessive and Relative-Possessive Adjectives Derived by Suffixation
4. Diminutive and Augmentative Adjectives Derived by Suffixation

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 Lecture 5***. Back-up exercises in class (nouns and adjectives)

Lecture 6. ADJECTIVES DERIVED BY PREFIXATION

ADJECTIVES DERIVED BY COMBINATION
Back-up exercises (adjectives; NB: paronyms)

Lecture 7. WORD-FORMATION OF VERBS (I)

1. Verbs derived by Prefixation

Lecture 8. WORD-FORMATION OF VERBS (II)

1. Verbs derived by Suffixation
Back-up exercises (verbs and prefixes)

Lecture 9. WORD-FORMATION OF ADVERBS

1. Adverbs derived from nouns
2. Adverbs derived from adjectives
3. Adverbs derived from pronouns
4. Adverbs derived from numerals
5. Adverbs derived from verbs (participles and verbal adverbs)
6. Adverbs derived from adverbs

Bibliography

Queen Mary Library

1. Townsend, Charles, Russian word-formation. Slavica, 1975.
PG2175 TOW (ONE WEEK)
2. Тихонов А. Н. Словообразовательный словарь русского языка. Том 1.
PG2175 TIK (NOT FOR LOAN)
3. Gribble, C. E. Russian root list: with a sketch of word formation. 1973.
PG2175 GRI (ONE WEEK)
4. Wade, Terence. Using Russian Vocabulary. 2009.
PG2640 WAD (ONE WEEK)