Review of the Book: Multiaspectivenes of Language and Speech Units: On the Centenary of Professor Vera Vasilievna Babaytseva’s Birth. Eds.: I. V. Vysotskaya (executive editor), T. P. Guskova, N. V. Maksimova. Moscow, Flinta, 2025, 308 p.

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Authors: Il'ya Vladimirovich Kuznetsov, И. Н. Политова
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Abstract

The collective monograph “Multiaspectivenes of Language and Speech Units” is dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the outstanding Russian linguist Professor V. V. Babaytseva. The author’s team of the monograph consists of Vera Vasilyevna’s students. In their articles, they develop various aspects of their teacher's multifaceted legacy. The publication contains the first published article by V. V. Babaytseva on the syntactic functions of pronouns and the autobiography of the scientist. The theoretical articles of the monograph show the connection between the views of V. V. Babaytseva and the ideas of Yu. S. Stepanov. The effectiveness of the scale of transitivity in the Russian language created by the scientist has been demonstrated. The main part of the monograph develops linguistic issues related to the topic of multidimensional morphological and especially syntactic units of language and speech. This publication explores professor Babaytseva’s contribution to the development of Russian grammar and linguistic poetics. Drawing on her views, this volume analyzes new aspects of the epithet’s function in poetry and summarizes Babaytseva’s contribution to the development of syntactic concepts in the 21st century. The last section of the monograph has a memorial character and is composed of memoirs about V. V. Babaytseva.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Syntax Semantics Linguistic Variation Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Linguistics and Language Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Vestnik NSU Series History and Philology
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
148–151
Publication date
24 February 2026
Language
EN