Bulgarian Expressive Personal Names Compared to Diminutive Forms of Personal Names in Russian and Polish Languages Cover Image

Българските експресивни лични имена в съпоставка с деминутивните форми на личните имена в руски и полски език
Bulgarian Expressive Personal Names Compared to Diminutive Forms of Personal Names in Russian and Polish Languages

Author(s): Katya Charalozova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: semantics; pragmatics; expressive suffixes; national culture and character;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the semantics and pragmatics of expressive suffixes in Bulgarian in the field of personal names and compares them with expressive suffixes in Polish and Russian. Explaining the specific meanings of expressive suffixes requires their study in terms of linguistic semantics and pragmatics, since traditional linguistic studies cannot adequately describe the subtle nuances of their meaning. This modern semantic study of expressive forms of personal names, in addition to purely linguistic results, also leads to the presentation of some features of Bulgarian national character and culture.

  • Issue Year: LV/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 6-12
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian