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ДА или НЕ в разговорната реч
YES or NO in Spoken Language

Or on Negation and Affirmation in Spoken Language and the Function of the Particles YES and NO

Author(s): Verka Sasheva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: conversational speech; affirmation; negation; competition; Bulgarian language

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to present some specifics of affirmation and negation found in the spoken language. Special attention was paid both to the competition between yes and no, and to the competition between these particles and other parts of speech – interjections, particles and pronominal adverbs. Emphasis was also placed on the prag¬matic function of these particles, without at the same time neglecting their modal mea¬ning. Conclusions were drawn as to which of the two particles has greater functional-semantic diversity in conversational discourse.

  • Issue Year: 71/2024
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 359-376
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian