Swarthmore College

Marina Rojavin, Ph.D.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Book

Rojavin, Marina and Reid, Allan. (2004) A Guide to Russian Words and Expressions That Cause Difficulties. The Edwin Mellen Press.

 

Articles and Review

Review of the book in SEEJ: Lunde, Ingunn and Roesen, Tine, eds. Landslide of the Norm: Language Culture in Post-soviet Russia. Bergen, Norway: University of  Bergen, 2006 (SEEJ, Winter 2007)  

2005 “Vklad A.A. Potebni v razvitie teorii literatury s tochki zreniia zapadnykh uchenykh”  Naukova spadshchyna O.O. Potebni v konteksti suchasnosti. (Kyiv: Institut movoznavstva im. O.O. Potebni), pp. 23-37.

2004 “Kategoriia roda anaforicheskikh, pritiazhatel’nykh, voprositel’nykh-otnositel’nykh mestoimenii v sovremennom russkom iazyke v angloiazychnoj auditorii (tipologo-kharakterologicheskii i lingvodidakticheskii aspekty)” – Visnyk Uman’s’kogo Peduniversytetu: Filologiia. Movoznavstvo. (Kyiv: Znannia Ukrainy), pp. 183-197.  

2002 “The category of gender from the point of view of A. Potebnia (on the background of the contemporary approach to the gender category),” in The Scientific Heritage of A. A. Potebnia in the modern context. IV International Congress of Ukrainian Studies. Kiev, 2002, pp. 43-50.  

2000 “Kategoriia rodu rosiiskoi movi (funkcional'nyi ta xarakterologichnyi aspekty).” “The gender category in Russian (functional and characterological aspects).” – Movni і konceptual'ni kartyny svitu. (Kiev: Kiev T. Shevchenko National University), pp. 312-317.   

1999 “Formal'no-grammaticheskaia kategoriia kak pole (na materiale grammaticheskoi kategorii roda v russkom iazyke).” “The formal grammar category as a field (based on grammatical gender category in Russian).” – Visnyk Kyivskogo Lingvistychnogo Universytetu. V. 1, № 2. (Kiev: Kiev State Linguistic University), pp. 165-171.  

1998 “Grammaticheskaia kategoria roda sushchestvitel'nykh russkogo     iazyka v angloiazychnoi auditorii (kharakterologicheskii i lingvodidakticheskii aspekty”. “The grammatical gender category of Russian nouns for an English-speaking audience (characterological and lingua-didactic aspects).”  –  Movni і konceptual'ni kartyny svitu. (Kiev: Logos), pp. 173-182. 

1998 “Formal'no-grammaticheskaia i semantiko-grammaticheskaia kategoriia roda (na materiale russkogo i angliiskogo iazykov).” “The formal       grammatical and semantical grammatical category of gender (based on Russian and English)” –  Movni  і konceptual'ni kartyny svitu. (Kiev: Logos), pp. 162-173.  

Rojavin, Mikhail and Rojavin, Marina. (1991). “Zagadki Martyna Terekhovskogo” “Mysteries of Martinus Terechowsky.” – Jubilees of Science, Kiev: Naukova Dumka.

 

Projects in Progress

1. Russian for Advanced Students (a textbook for students of intermediate-high to advanced          level) – in collaboration with E. Dengub (Temple University) and S. Forrester  (Swarthmore   College)  

2. Acquisition of Coordinating Conjunctions А, НO, and И by Heritage and Traditional    Students of Russian (article) - in collaboration with E. Dengub (Temple University)  

3. Ethnic and cultural self-identification as a motivational factor in L2 studying (article) - in collaboration with E. Dengub

4.  The Semantic Category of Gender and Language Stereotypes in Russian and Ukrainian (article)

5. A web-based resource center www.TeachRussian.org in collaboration with E. Dengub   (Temple University) and S. Nazarova (University of Vermont)  

6. Retention of the Russian language by heritage speakers in various regions of the USA.

(Research project in collaboration with O. Kagan, UCLA and N. Friedberg, Portland State University, Oregon)  

7. The anecdote as a Russian literary genre, its history and transformation. (The way from chronicles and parodia sacra to high society conversation around table and then to novels and short stories - from primary to the secondary speech genres)  

 

Conference Papers and Guest Lectures

2008     31st Annual Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference New York City, NY

 Panel Language Issues Chair and discussant

2007   ATSEEL Annual Conference Chicago. Panel: Grammatical Gender as a Source of Metaphorical Thinking Why the Prince was happy? (Paper)

Chairing a roundtable    Culture in Language Class: Incorporating Cultural and Linguistic    Aspects of Communication  

Participation in a roundtable Retention of the Russian Language by Heritage Speakers in the USA

30th Annual Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference New York City, NY. Chairing a panel Religion and the Arts

Panel: Heritage, Language, and Identity Ethnic and cultural self-identification among Russian heritage learners (Paper)  

2005   AATSEEL Annual Conference.  Philadelphia. Panel: Defining Genres and Aesthetic Programs Русский исторический анекдот в произведениях древней Руси и исторической  литературе (Paper)  

Participation in a roundtable Teaching Methods and Materials for Heritage Learners Across Slavic Languages  

Chairing a roundtable    Approaches to Presenting New Grammatical and Lexical   Material in the Classroom: Theory and Practice  

2006   SLS 2006. The First Conference of The Slavic Linguistics Society. Bloomington, IN. Panel: Verbs of Motion The meanings and use of the verbs идти – ходить:  functional and semantic analysis and categorical situations (Paper)  

2006   BASEES Annual Conference. Cambridge, UK. Категория рода и языковые стереотипы в русском и украинском языках: гендерный аспект. Gender Category and stereotypes in Russian and Ukrainian.  (Paper)  

2005    ATSEEL Annual Conference. Washington, DC. Panel: The Noun Phrase

Семантическая категория рода/пола в русском и украинском языках. Semantic Gender Category in Russian and Ukrainian (Paper)  

Chairing a roundtable Speech and Language of Heritage Learners and their Parents: The Situation with Slavic Languages  

2005   Faculty Research Highlights Series. Temple University, Philadelphia

Monique Burston, and Stephanie E. Fiore, and Rojavin, Marina, and Andy Waskie      Student Motivation, Attitudes, and Expectations In Foreign Language Learning. Pilot    Phase (Paper)

2005  NorthEast Conference. New York City, NY. Abraham, Lee, and Monique Burston, and Stephanie E. Fiore, and Rojavin, Marina, and Andy Waskie. Students’ Motivation, Attitudes, and Expectations In Foreign Language Learning. Pilot Phase (Paper)

 

2005  Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Мотивация‚ отношение и ожидания     студентов в процессе изучения иностранного    языка.  Качественная фаза. (Students’ Motivation, Attitudes, and Expectations in Foreign Language Learning. The Qualitative Phase) (Paper)

2004  28th Annual Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference. New York City, NY

Kategoriia srednego roda i nerelevantnyj pol v russkom iazyke. Neuter gender and   irrelevant biological gender in Russian (Paper)

 

2003  ATSEEL Annual Conference. San-Diego, CA.      

Maskulizmy protiv feminativov: vozmozhna li gendernaia reforma v russkom iazyke?    Masculisms against feminatives: is the gender reform possible in Russian? (Paper)  

1999   IV International Congress of    Ukrainian Studies. Odesa, Ukraine

Gender category from the point of view of A. Potebnia (on the background of the contemporary approach to the gender category.) – Scientific Heritage of A. A. Potebnia in the modern context (Paper)  

1997   Conference of Scandinavian Slavists. Helsinki, Finland.

Akulenko, Valerii and Rojavin, Marina. Typological and comparative analysis of    grammar categories in Russian and English (as a basis for creating a course of    Russian for English-speaking students) (Paper)

 
 

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