Abstract:The present study explores Italian-speaking learners’ knowledge of support (light) verb constructions. It involves an investigation of the deviations found in a learner corpus, the quantitative comparison of learners’ and native Russian speakers’ collocation production and an elicitation test. This study reveals deficiencies of learners’ collocational knowledge resulting in misuse, underuse or overuse of support verb constructions. To conceal these deficiencies, two strategies are used by learners: L1 transfer… Show more
The article offers an overview of the scholarly publications by Italian Slavists that appeared during the period 1991-2021 on to the subject of Slavic linguistics
The article offers an overview of the scholarly publications by Italian Slavists that appeared during the period 1991-2021 on to the subject of Slavic linguistics
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