Syntax of Negation 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 sign 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 clausal negations. – morphologically negative constituents, or NI words, which are licensed only within the context of the overt clause's pairing negation; and the language-specific genitive of negation, 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 clausal negation. Negative agreement Negative agreement means that two or more negative elements in a clause are interpreted only as an instance of negation and do not give rise to double negative interpretations. Negative agreement (NC ) phenomena in natural language NC are defined… as “two or more negative elements that produce a semantic negation,” following Labov's (1972) observation. NC has been a widely studied phenomenon, as it displays morphosyntactic behavior that should intuitively be ruled out by semantics. (Tsurska: 2010)The Russian words NI are formed by adding the negative prefix –ni to a WH element:Kto – nikto Kak – nikakChto – nichto Kogda – nikodgaGde – nigge ...... in the center of the card .... . in Russian they are found in negative sentences with the emphatic function:Ni kapli/ni kapel'ki/ni kapelushechki – not a dropNi chut'/ni chutochki – not a littleNi 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 notice anything.However, a construction like minimizer+ NE +V is also grammatically possible.(11) Ya ni gramma ne s'ela.I minimizer NEG VI don't eat a thing.Works CitedBrown, S. (1999) The syntax of negation in Russian: A Minimalist approach. Stanford: CSLI Publications.Tsurska, O. (2010). Clausal architecture and sentence negation in Slavic.Zeijstra. H. (2008). Negative agreement in syntactic agreement. Retrieved from http://ling.auf.net/lingBuzz/000645