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Multi-Prepositional Constructions in a Predicative Position

Author(s): Atanas Atanassov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: prepositions; predicative phrases; syntactic transformations; constituent movement; ellipsis

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the use of phrases with two or more prepositions in the predicative position in Bulgarian. The study is an attempt to systematize the different cases: on the one hand, not all prepositions found in adjacent position form a phrase (usually such constructions are the result of movement at the surface syntax level), and on the other – the construction may be elliptical (in this case the first preposition heads an elliptical noun or adverbial phrase which has as a constituent the second PP). There are also constructions with a PP selecting another PP as its complement. The main goal is to identify the possible combinations, paying attention to the syntactic and semantic properties of the prepositions and their constituents.

  • Issue Year: 69/2022
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 257-273
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian