Errors in Usage of Anaphoric Pronouns in Heritage Speakers' and L2 Russian Learners' Texts

This study responds to an analysis of data on ways of of expressing reflexivity in the languages of South America, based on materials of grammatical collections. The purpose of this work is to describe all the indicators of reflection on the basis of the data of the languages of South America. To achieve the goal, it is essential: firstly, to analyze the number of families on the mainland and to trace the genealogical relationship between them and create a brief description; secondly, it is necessary to create a minimal sample of languages, for the description of the reflexivity of which there is the necessary accessible information, to assume one language from each family and several isolates; Thirdly, work with direct sources, search and presentation of examples, description of reflexive indicators; Fourthly, to analyze the collected information and make typological generalizations. As a result of the research, the main ways of marking reflexivity of the most popular ones in the indicated region, were identified, and also some variational peculiarities regarding the productivity of some form of reflectors were noted.