Author: Maria Todorova
On the Question of the Grammaticalisation of Edin in the Field of Indefiniteness
Krasimira Aleksova Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski” Abstract This research article revisits the linguistic problem of whether edin, edna, edno, edni in the Bulgarian language are forms of a grammaticalised indefinite article which expresses the meaning of ‘specific indefiniteness’. In order to achieve the objectives of my research, I apply the principle of obligatoriness when […]
Read More → On the Question of the Grammaticalisation of Edin in the Field of IndefinitenessOn the Concept of “The Dictionary of Active Bulgarian and Polish Phraseology“
Wojciech Sosnowski, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences Maciej Jaskot, Pedagogical University of Cracow Diana Blagoeva, Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The article discusses the concept behind the The dictionary of active Bulgarian and Polish phraseology [Leksykon aktywnej frazeologii bułgarskiej i polskiej]. The authors outline the theoretical underpinnings of […]
Read More → On the Concept of “The Dictionary of Active Bulgarian and Polish Phraseology“Lexical Expression of Sadness: from the Homeric Language to the Modern Bulgarian
Bilyana Mihaylova, Ekaterina Tarpomanova, Albena Mircheva Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Abstract The paper aims at comparing the lexical items expressing sadness in Homer’s poem Iliad and one of its translated versions in Bulgarian. Our approach comprises the following steps: compilation of synonym sets with the meaning ‘sadness’; contextual analysis of the identified words in […]
Read More → Lexical Expression of Sadness: from the Homeric Language to the Modern BulgarianThe Prepositionalisation as a Word-forming Method in the Old Bulgarian Language
Tatyana Ilieva Cyrillo-Меthodian Research Centre, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstact The article studies, from the diachronic aspect of the development of the Bulgarian language, the process of prepositionalization as a case of transposition. The formation of the secondary prepositions is tracked on the basis of the transition of the full words to the function words. […]
Read More → The Prepositionalisation as a Word-forming Method in the Old Bulgarian LanguageON SOME CHARACTERISTIC THEMES IN SERMONS AND HOMILIES ASCRIBED TO ST. CLEMENT OF OCHRIDA
Yavor Miltenov Institute for Bulgarian Language Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract In medieval sermons and homilies, ascribed to Clement of Ochrida in textual or in scholarly tradition, certain themes and motifs are developed by using identical phrases and ideas. The paper aims at gathering the most typical common passages and examining their role and function […]
Read More → ON SOME CHARACTERISTIC THEMES IN SERMONS AND HOMILIES ASCRIBED TO ST. CLEMENT OF OCHRIDALinguistic Manipulation in Bulgaria During the Period Between 1945 and 1989: Creation of the Concept “Future”
Ivo Panchev Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The article presents a linguocultural review of Bulgaria’s recent socialist history. By means of drawing linguistic data from various sources (dictionaries, glossaries, lexical databases, the press, etc.), the author attempts at recreating the concept of ‘the future’ in its various realizations. In unison with […]
Read More → Linguistic Manipulation in Bulgaria During the Period Between 1945 and 1989: Creation of the Concept “Future”Compliments in the Modern Bulgarian Language
Nikolay Paskalev Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The present study is an attempt to systematically describe compliments in modern Bulgarian language. In this regard, the scope of the category of compliment is first outlined, as by means of a set of functional-semantic and pragmatic differential features, compliments are distinguished from speech […]
Read More → Compliments in the Modern Bulgarian LanguageIndirect Li-Questions in the Bulgarian Language
Marina Dzhonova Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Abstract The article treats the cases in spoken Bulgarian language where the speaker uses the yes/no questions as indirect directives. In terms of Brown and Levinson (1990) those speech acts are an off record politeness strategy. The pragmatic factors that determine the use of these indirect speech acts […]
Read More → Indirect Li-Questions in the Bulgarian LanguageAnalysis of the Morphological Category ‘Indefiniteness/Definiteness’ in the Bulgarian Language System in Terms of Emergence, Development, Sustainability and Specificity of the Morphological Indicator for Determination
Iliyana G. Garavalova Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The study reviews the reasons why a well established morphological category of ‘indefiniteness / definiteness’ emerged, developеd and remained intact in the Bulgarian language unlike all other Slavic languages that brings it closer from typological point of view to Balkan and West European […]
Read More → Analysis of the Morphological Category ‘Indefiniteness/Definiteness’ in the Bulgarian Language System in Terms of Emergence, Development, Sustainability and Specificity of the Morphological Indicator for Determination