The exponents of the category of definiteness / indefiniteness and a certain type of expressive expressions in Bulgarian and Polish 
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Odmianki znaczeniowe czasowników w opisie semantyczno syntaktycznym i w praktyce leksykograficznej (na przykładzie języka bułgarskiego)
The exponents of the category of definiteness / indefiniteness and a certain type of expressive expressions in Bulgarian and Polish

Author(s): Małgorzata Korytkowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: semantics; syntax; lexicography; homonymy; dictionary entry; Bulgarian language

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the functions of the pronoun exponents of the semantic category of definiteness / indefiniteness in Bulgarian examples of the following type: Свършихме я. Тънко я преда. Свърши се вашата., etc. Their reference to sentences such as Свършихме я тази работа. allows interpreting the function of the phrase as thematic. This type of sentences was confronted with examples such as Тя му я изтърси една… И ти ми ги говориш едни… The features of intonation and the semantic features of the double object phrase indicate its rhematic nature. Specific formal traits of such sentences, including the usage of the exponents of the category of definiteness / indefiniteness, are related with their expressive markedness.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 135-150
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish