Užití spojkových obsahových vět v češtině nerodilých mluvčích
The use of conjunctive content sentences in non-native speakers' Czech

Summary/Abstract: Based on data from the Czech learner corpus CzeSL-SGT and a comparison with native speaker corpora (SYN2020, SKRIPT2012), the paper accounts for the specific use of content clauses with the conjunctions že, aby, ať, jestli, zda, zdali and -li in the language of non-native speakers, taking into consideration their language group (non-Indo-European, Indo-European and Slavonic languages). The article analyzes typical collocations, their over- and underuse by learners; it also describes language phenomena that differ from native usage. The data show that non-native speakers tend to overuse semantically broad lexical items, which they are familiar with, at the expense of more specific ones. The differences between learner and native usage are apparent in collocations, different types of verb complements and across language groups. The description of learners’ languages is helpful in teaching L2 Czech, since it facilitates a better didactic approach to specific language phenomena, promoting their active usage and the correction of typical errors with respect to particular language groups.

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