I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

postposition, German, Chuvash, functional capabilities, linguistic interference

This article discusses the lexical and semantic features of postpositions in modern German and the problem of their functioning in the language. Since postpositions represent a special group of function words which are necessary for creating and expressing a syntactic connection between words in a phrase or sentence, the article gives a detailed description of the positional features of German postpositions, considers their combinability and functional capabilities, analyzes specific meanings in the text. In modern Chuvash (for many students studying under the condition of the bilingualism of the national republic, it is their mother tongue), in which the importance of postpositions is higher than in German (foreign) language, postpositions play a significant role, since there is no agreement between defined and dependent words, postpositions in the Chuvash language are the essential elements for creating a syntactic connection between words in phrases.

The article pays special attention to the positional similarity of postpositions in such diverse languages as German and Chuvash, since in the Chuvash Republic this foreign language is often taught under the condition of students’ bilingualism. Linguistic interference, which in most of the cases has a negative impact on learning of new material, can cause a positive effect under the condition of Chuvash-Russian bilingualism and correctly formulated aims.

Фролова Вера Александровна – кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры романо-германской филологии Чувашского государственного педагогического университета им. И. Я. Яковлева; e-mail: frvera@yandex.ru