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This page contains Russian language study
materials of three sorts. First, there is an on-line active and interactive
reference grammar of Russian based on the single-stem system of Roman
Jakobson. |
Second, there are links to dictionaries
other materials required for the study of the Russian language. Finally,
there is a section on Cyrillic fonts and keyboards necessary to navigate
Russian sites. Additional aids will be added in the future. |
The Interactive On-Line Russian
Reference Grammar
This on-going project comprises a basic grammar
of the Russian language covering the alphabet, the basic pronunciation rules,
the basic rules of verbal, nominal, adjectival morphology and the rules of
basic syntax where they differ radically from English.
Russnet is a major on-line Russian language
resource sponsored by is sponsored by ACTR. It is specifically aimed at both
learners of Russian and those who teach Russian. The site is funded by the Ford
Foundation, the Dodge Foundation, and from the Fund for the Improvement of
Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).
Conversational Russian Course
by E. D. Shtefan
This very complete (20 lessons) course was
written for Koreans but contains no language other than Russian. For this
reason it will require a classroom or a bilingual tutor. It includes
conversations, exercises, and readings. An excellent resource.
This module will provide you with all the
morphological forms of any Russian word you type in. Give it the nominative
singular of a noun, it will give you all its lexical categories and case forms.
Write in the infinitive of the verb and get all its conjugational forms. A
wonderful learning tool from Russky filolog found in the Russian language
Linguistic Corner.
George Mitrevsky's Russian Web Tutor
This site contains a list of Russian language
tutorials on topics from 'accusative case' to 'verbs', each linked with on-line
achievement recognition opportunities (tests) which allow the student to reward
himself or herself for the accomplishments enabled by the tutorials. Very much
like the reference grammar above except focussed on common problems rather than
a complete overview of the grammar.
Tom Beyer's page contains a slide show of
Russian signs with English equivalents--a perfect way to practice the Cyrillic
alphabet while familiarizing yourself with the culture. The site also contains
some language aids and an introduction to Russian culture with a small
"c". (This link will open a new browser for you; to return to the
Bucknell site, close that browser and you will automatically return here.)
Dictionary of Period Russian Names
This is actually a discussion of the formation
of Russian names (people and cities) along with an index of thousands of
Russian names and their roots. A monumental work by Paul Wickenden. If you have
a question about Russian onomastics, the answer is probabaly here.
A Russian-English Collocational
Dictionary of the Human Body
This is a commercial for a larger dictionary by
Slava Paperno and offered for sale by Slavica but is also a useful on-line
resource containing lexical information for about 70 basic terms for parts of the
body. The definitions provide orthographical, morphological, semantic,
syntactic, and lexical information about the entry plus myriad examples. Fonts
are available at the site.
Linguistics Journals
The table of contents of Russian Linguistics may be found here. An archive of abstracts for
articles in the Journal of Slavic Linguistics is here. Others will be added later.
Brockhaus
On-Line Generative Dictionary
Based on the 1907
'malyj' Brockhaus-Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, this resource allows complex
searches of what is more an encyclopedia than dictionary. It contains histories
of cities, battles, biographies of historical figures antedating the year of
publication. A wonderful resource of information on little-known (or
well-known) figures, events and places of Russian history.
Russian Dictionary with Sounds &
Images
As you learn the
grammar from the On-line Russian Reference Grammar, you should build your
vocabulary. Here is the perfect place to begin.
Mueller's
English-Russian Dictionary On-Line!
The very best
English-Russian dictionary is now available electronically with all its 53,000
entries. All we need now is Smirnitski's Russian-English version.
This dictionary
includes an IPA pronunciation guide for the English, accented syllables for the
Russian, and a frame filled with synonyms, so it functions as a thesaurus, too.
Unfortunately, the results of a search provides too many definitions, many of
which are wildly wrong. It functions better from English to Russian than vice
versa. Best for professionals who know the language well.
The Elvis Russian-English-Russian
Elvis is alive and well in Moscow. He is a web
server with one of the best on-line Russian-English-Russian dictionaries.
An excellent electronic English-Russian-English
dictionary by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Any Cyrillic
codepage works.
Don't fret if the link above should vanish;
here is a list of its many mirror sites.
The classical Russian dictionary in its
umpteenth edition is now available electronically. It still provides good
coverage and excellent entry information; moreover, entries are screened by
Agama's morphological analyzer, so that you may enter any form of a words, 1sg
of a verb, InsPl of a noun, and the analyzer will convert it to the citation
form.
Russian-English Computer Dictionary
A specialized dictionary which may be useful.
Sokrat Russian-English and English-Russian
Translator
If you have the money for a Russia-On-Line
subscription, try Socrates, a computer that does a pretty good job with simple
sentences.
PROMPT Internet Translation Service
For those lacking the ROL subscription price,
here is a free Russian-English translator. The quality is pretty much the same
as the ROL translator.
and the KOI8-R fonts used at Bucknell may be
found here.
The American Association of Teachers of Slavic
and East European Languages now maintains a very rich source of Cyrillic fonts
and keyboard drivers, compliments of Alex Drozd.
The University of Minnesota Language Laboratory
has compiled a list of software currently available for studying Russian.
Yamada Language Lab offers a large catalog of
Cyrillic KOI8 fonts in a variety of attractive styles. Yamada specializes in
Mac fonts but has a few fonts for the PC, too.
Dr. Berlin maintains a large and well-organized
archive of True Type fonts for virtually all languages. He has an especially
large collection of Cyrillic fonts for the PC.
One of my preferred translation agencies: http://www.appliedlanguage.com/
E-mail: info@translate2russian.com or uni5@ropnet.ru
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