Akvizice událostí směrového pohybu v češtině z pohledu italského rodilého mluvčího

The purpose of this contribution is the presentation of preliminary results in the analysis of the use of motion verbs in directed motion sentences in Czech L2 by a group of tutored young adult learners. After having discussed the encoding strategies of directed motion events in Czech, the paper presents the results of the oral elicitation of the well known “Frog story” (1969) in Czech by two groups, one of 10 Italian Intermediate learners of Czech and one of 10 Czech native speakers. Regularities in the use of motion verbs in Czech by this group of learners are interpreted on the basis of the idiosyncrasies of the encoding strategies of directed motion events in the two languages (Italian – L1 and Czech – L2), and in particular on the basis of the restriction in the expression of manner of motion in directed motion sentences in Italian.