Category: 2022_IIBE-XXXV
State predicate words in Bulgarian – a syntactic description
Marina Dzhonova Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Abstract The study proposes a formal and semantic classification of constructions with predicative word and an experiencer argument. A syntactic description of the different types of constructions with predicative word is made. The argument structure of the constructions, the semantic roles of their arguments and the possible complements […]
Read More → State predicate words in Bulgarian – a syntactic descriptionPositive emotions and predicates: the joy
Yovka Tisheva Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridskiˮ Abstract The main topic of this study is the syntactic realization of predicates denoting positive emotions. The analyses of the argument structure of predicates naming elements of cognitive scenario of joy and semantic roles assign by these predicates are presented. Examples with causative verbs veselya (rejoice; make someone […]
Read More → Positive emotions and predicates: the joyAgreement and the interaction of some categories in relation to the functions of edin (“one”)
Christo Stamenov St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia Abstract The first part of this study discusses problems of agreement in number occurring with collective nouns, noun phrases with more than one modifier and quantified noun phrases, as well as gender agreement. The question of logical (semantic) vs. formal agreement as a dichotomy or a matter […]
Read More → Agreement and the interaction of some categories in relation to the functions of edin (“one”)Polyprepositional structures in contemporary Bulgarian
Iliyana Kuneva, Nikolay Paskalev Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The paper discusses unstudied or less studied aspects of the problem of polyprepositional structures in Bulgarian. They are differentiated from the groups of prepositions, which are а result of marked word order, missing part of the sentence or the combination of a […]
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