Word Formative Types in Names of Status and Processes Reflecting the Reproductive Functions of Women in the Bulgarian Language
Tsvetelina Angelova
Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The present work has the purpose to present the names of persons, as well as some physiological conditions and processes that reflect the reproductive functions of women in the Bulgarian language. The corresponding designations are classified by word-formation
types. Based on the formants from which they are formed, a relatively complete description of all categories and types in which nouns fall is made.
Keywords: virginity, menstruation, pregnancy, birth, word-formation type, wordformation category, suffix, prefix