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Cursing in Russian with Lenin: An Introduction to Russian "Mat"
Paperback
Publisher Price: $24.99
ISBN13: 9781088056752
Publisher: Mark R. Pettus
Published: Aug 9 2022
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Russian mat - a remarkably expressive, linguistically fascinating, and utterly hilarious system of obscenity that builds a wide variety of words from a handful of extremely vulgar roots - is never taught in the classroom, but is absolutely essential for anyone looking to master Russian in all of its fullness. Russians widely consider mat to be much more obscene than anything in English. Its words were long unprintable, and their use in public performances remains punishable by Russian law. Yet when Russians really want to make their feelings known, many will resort to mat - for it alone has the power to express everything from utter despair, to incandescent rage, to bottomless disdain, to uproarious defiance of a fallen world.
This beginner's guide introduces the basics of mat in an in-depth yet manageable fashion, including detailed descriptions of word-building principles, the literal and figurative meanings of mat expressions, and extensive coverage of euphemism - explaining how Russians can use mat without really using it! The text presents a manageable list of all the basic mat vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adjectives, and phrases - that you'll actually hear, with simple examples of usage. English transliterations are provided alongside the original Russian Cyrillic (marked for stress!), making this book useful both for serious students of Russian and for inquirers who don't even know the alphabet. Along the way, we'll review certain key points of Russian declension, conjugation, and grammar in a refreshingly obscene context.
For anyone with a sense of humor and an appreciation of the lower registers of human experience and expression, mat is sure to become one of the real joys of learning the Russian language. Embark on this journey of discovery - with Lenin as your guide!
About the Author...
Originally from Franklin, Tennessee, Mark Pettus holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Princeton University. Altogether, he's spent around six years living, studying, and working in Russia. Today he is a lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton. Mark is the author of the Russian Through Propaganda textbook series (Books 1 and 2), and its continuation, Russian Through Poems and Paintings (Books 3 and 4). He has also published a growing library of Russian parallel-language readers - the Reading Russian series. Check out www.russianthroughpropaganda.com for a variety of resources for students of Russian language, literature, and culture.
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