Russian language

Grammar

Russian has preserved an Indo-European synthetic-inflexional structure, although considerable levelling has taken place.

Related Topics:
Indo-European - Synthetic - Inflexional

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Russian grammar encompasses

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• a highly synthetic morphology
• a syntax that, for the literary language, is the conscious fusion of three elements:
• a polished vernacular foundation;
• a Church Slavonic inheritance;
• a Western European style.

The spoken language has been influenced by the literary, but continues to preserve characteristic forms. The dialects show various non-standard grammatical features, some of which are archaisms or descendants of old forms since discarded by the literary language.

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