▁It ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁publication ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁transform ational - gener ative ▁grammar ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ▁language ▁and ▁is ▁augment ed ▁by ▁an ▁extensive ▁English - U k rain ian ▁and ▁Ukrain ian - English ▁dictionary ▁in ▁which ▁T arna w sky ▁developed ▁the ▁basic ▁transform ational - gener ative ▁lingu istics ▁terms ▁for ▁Ukrain ian . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁Career ▁ ▁T arna w sky ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Group , ▁a ▁Ukrain ian ▁é migr é ▁avant - gar de ▁group ▁of ▁writers , ▁and ▁co - found er ▁and ▁co - editor ▁of ▁the ▁journal ▁New ▁Po etry ▁( 1 9 5 9 - 1 9 7 2 ). ▁While ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University , ▁he ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁found ing ▁the ▁archive ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁at ▁the ▁university ' s ▁R are ▁Book ▁and ▁Man us cript ▁Library ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁has ▁contributed ▁his ▁papers . ▁His ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁poetry ▁Life ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁( 1 9 5 6 , ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ), ▁with ▁its ▁urban ▁mot ifs ▁and ▁concentration ▁on ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁death , ▁was ▁received ▁by ▁critics ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁word ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ▁poetry , ▁such ▁that ▁broke ▁with ▁the ▁language ▁and ▁subject ▁trad itions ▁of ▁Ukrain ian ▁literature ▁and ▁laid ▁down ▁a ▁path ▁which ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁were ▁to ▁follow ▁▁ ▁The ▁declar atively ▁exist ential ist ▁novel ▁Ro ads ▁( 1 9 6 1 , ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ), ▁which