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Syntactic Features Of Russian Germans Recipe's Texts

Table 1: Forms of Russian language interference in dialect speech of German informants

Signs Examples
breach of the framework structure imperative sentences Nort Kleißchen mache mit Meil. / Mache dann Klößchen aus Mehl. / Then make gnocchi from flour.
construction: modal verb + infinitive Kann mer mit Hingelfleisch, Gänsefleisch, Milich kochen, wie der wollt. / Man kann mit Hühnerfleisch, Gänsefleisch, Milch kochen, wie man wünscht. / You can cook with chicken, goose meat, milk, as you want.
presence of syntactic calques based on the model of the Russian language Und kann mer esse. / Und man kann essen. / And it is possible to eat.
mixing of elements of the Russian and German syntax sentence begins with the word nort (then) as in Russian Nort raus die Warenik. / [Nimm] dann die Maultaschen heraus. Then take out the pierogi.
layout of impersonal sentences modelled on the Russian language impersonal pronoun and copulas are omitted Fjartig. / Fertig ist das Ganze. / Everything is ready.
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