Negation syntax in RussianDifferent languages ​​express negations in different ways. In this article we will try to see how the negation system of the Russian language can be interpreted within the limits of syntax. In the modern Russian language, negation is mainly expressed by the negative marker ne, which normally precedes the verb. However, there are some exceptions when an adverb can be inserted between ne and a verb: Mi ne vsegda hodim v trenazherniy zal. We NEG always go to the gym. We don't always go to the gym. The Russian language has two types of clause negations. – morphologically negative constituents, or NI words, which are authorized in and only within the framework of the manifest negation of the mate clause; and the language-specific negation genitive, the optional case marking of the internal argument of a negated verb. (Brown 1999: 1). In this article, we would like to focus our attention on clause negation.Negative concordNegative concord means that two or more negative elements in a clause are interpreted only as a single instance of negation and do not give rise to double negative interpretations. Negative agreement (NC) phenomena in natural language NC is defined… as “two or more negative elements producing a semantic negation”, following the observation of Labov (1972). NC has been a widely studied phenomenon, because it exhibits morphosyntactic behavior that should intuitively be ruled out by semantics. (Tsurska: 2010) Russian words NI are formed by adding the negative prefix –ni to a WH element:Kto – nikto Kak – nikakChto – nichto Kogda – nikodgaGde – nigge ...... middle of paper .... . . in Russian occur in negative sentences with the emphatic function:Ni kapli/ni kapel'ki/ni kapelushechki – not a dropNi chut'/ni chutochki – not a little bitNi gramma/ni grammulechki – not a gramNi skolko/ni skolechki - nothingNi razu – not onceThe following structure shows how minimizers work in a sentence:NE+V+minimizers,(10) Ya ne s'ela ni gramma.I NEG V minimizerI didn't do anything.However, a construction like minimizer+NE+V is also grammatically possible. (11) Ya ni gramma ne s’ela. I minimize NEG VI didn't eat anything. Works Cited Brown, S. (1999) Negation syntax in Russian: a minimalist approach. Stanford: CSLI Publications. Tsurska, O. (2010). Clausal architecture and sentence negation in Slavic.Zeijstra. H. (2008). Negative concordance in syntactic agreement. Retrieved from http://ling.auf.net/lingBuzz/000645