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CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS FOR LANGUAGE: MORPHOSYNTAX
Feature Russian English Examples of Errors
Aspect Add affixes to Auxiliary verbs and He give his all.*/ He has
verb stem copulas given his all.
He sleeping.*/He is sleeping
She good teacher.*/She is a
good teacher.
Gender Present – Absent He is comfortable.*/It is
masculine, comfortable. – when
feminine, neuter referring to a chair.
Word order Free Strict Subject‐Verb‐ The ball he threw.*/ He
Object order threw the ball.
Articles No definite or Must include definite My mom gave me ball.*/
indefinite articles or indefinite article My mom gave me the ball.
Prepositions Not as important Increased importance She explained me
because of case and used more matter.*/She explained the
system frequently matter to me.
Question Questions Word order inversion You give me a sticker?*/
formation marked by or addition of “do” Will you give me a sticker?
inflection or What you think?*/ What do
question words you think?
We can go?* / Can we go?
Note: Sentences marked with an asterisk (*) are not grammatical.
SPECIAL NOTE: PREPOSITIONS
Due to the frequency of preposition errors produced by Russian speakers acquiring English, a
few specific examples are provided below to assist in identifying second language influenced
errors.
Possible misuses of prepositions in
Russian English L2 (English)
зависеть от (depend from) depend on She depends from me.
отказаться от (refuse from) refuse __ They refuse from doing it.
готовиться к (prepare to) prepare for We will prepare to the party.
устал от (tired from) tired of I’m tired from doing this.
закончить ___ (finish ___) graduate from university I graduated university in 2010.
разделить на (divide on) divide into I will divide on two pieces.
ждать ___ (wait ___) wait for someone He is waiting his sister. 73
слушать ___ (listen___) listen to music I’m listening music.
объяснять ___ (explain___) explain to someone Explain me this problem.
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