The Correctness of Modern Russian Speech. Norm and Variants. A Theoretical Course for Philologists. Textbook

Theoretical problems associated with the main categories of speech culture - the norm and variability are considered. Various approaches to the definition of the concept of "norm, the function of the norm, the ratio of norm and codification, the concept of the so -called spontaneous norm, criteria for assessing linguistic facts from the point of view of the literary norm, the typology of norms, approaches to determining the concept of “option”, the ratio of variant and synonymy, and synonymies, the criteria for determining the concept. The typology of language options, a controversial issue of word -formation options, etc. Particular attention is paid to the reasons for the appearance of deviations from the norm in the areas of pronunciation, stress and morphology, which made it possible to formulate a number of orthological rules and recommendations, and therefore, get away from the list of educational material in the proposed proposed system of exercises. For students studying the course "Culture of Speech". The book can be useful to a wide range of philologists - teachers, graduate students, undergraduates, everyone who is interested in the problems of speech culture