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A Cognitive Grammar Approach To Teaching The Russian Case System, Carlee Arnett, Diana Lysinger
A Cognitive Grammar Approach To Teaching The Russian Case System, Carlee Arnett, Diana Lysinger
Russian Language Journal
This study examines modern Russian cases within a Cognitive Grammar framework. Grammatical case, as one of the fundamental language categories, has always interested linguistic researchers. In languages that possess case systems, virtually no utterance is possible without taking into account grammatical case. This grammatical category is very complex and its acquisition is an enormously arduous task for learners whose native language does not possess a case system or a case system that is not as pronounced as it is in the target language. According to Janda (2002), “the meanings of grammatical cases are probably the biggest obstacle faced by students …