Sviatlana Karpava is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus. Her area of research is theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, syntax and semantics, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism and dialect acquisition.

• Contents: Adult second language acquisition – First language Russian speakers in Cyprus – Cross-linguistic interference – Role of Universal Grammar – Clitics – Determiners.

Sviatlana Karpava is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus. Her area of research is theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, syntax and semantics, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism and dialect acquisition.

• Contents: Adult second language acquisition – First language Russian speakers in Cyprus – Cross-linguistic interference – Role of Universal Grammar – Clitics – Determiners.

Sviatlana Karpava is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus. Her area of research is theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, syntax and semantics, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism and dialect acquisition.

• Contents: Adult second language acquisition – First language Russian speakers in Cyprus – Cross-linguistic interference – Role of Universal Grammar – Clitics – Determiners.