Tag: Bulgarian

Finiteness and the subjunctive: the case of Bulgarian da constructions from a contrastive perspective

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Iliyana Krapova Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice, Italy Abstract This paper explores the morphosyntactic properties of the so-called Balkan subjunctive constructions, with a focus on Bulgarian da-clauses. Building on typological and generative approaches to finiteness, the study argues for a three-way classification of dacomplements depending on their syntactic structure and semantic interpretation: monoclausal (event-level), biclausal […]

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The class Verbs in Normative grammar (general characteristics with a description of categories conjugation, person, number, tense and identification of verb inflectional types)

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Ruska Stancheva Institute of Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lubomir Andreychin”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Abstract: Based on the formal approach, the study characterizes the class of verbs in normative grammar. The categories of conjugation, person, number, tense are described and a number of new observations are made about their functioning in view of the current […]

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Web-based experiments in mediated receptive multilingualism

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Irina Stenger, Tania Avgustinova Department of Language Science and Technology Saarland University ─ Germany Abstract  The article focuses on phenomena of cross-lingual comprehension mediated by a bridge language. In a web-based experiment, German speaking subjects – without any previous knowledge of Bulgarian – translate written Bulgarian stimuli relying on some knowledge of Russian. We investigate […]

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The Prepositional Phrase Hypothesis at the Bulgarian Subject Position

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Petya Osenova Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski, Bulgaria Abstract  The paper considers the possibilities of expressing the Bulgarian subject with a prepositional phrase in addition to being expressed with a nominal or a nominalized phrase as presented in the Bulgarian grammar literature. To achieve this goal, a number of approaches are discussed towards a special […]

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