On the Vocative: Diachronic Development and Decline in Bulgarian Cover Image

За вокатива в диахрония и за отстъплението му в българския език
On the Vocative: Diachronic Development and Decline in Bulgarian

Author(s): Neda Pavlova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: vocative case (vocative); nominative; Old Bulgarian language

Summary/Abstract: The article provides a multi-faceted diachronic and synchronic analysis of vocative forms in Bulgarian. It examines the systematic factors behind their replacement by the nominative as а generalised form and explores the growing trend toward their pragmaticalisation.

  • Issue Year: 73/2026
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 75-90
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian
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