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Словообразувателно изразяване на негация в съвременния български книжовен език
Expressing negation through derivation in contemporary standard Bulgarian

Author(s): Margarita Dimitrova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: word formation; negation; Bulgarian prefixes без-; не- и противо-

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the expression of negation in Bulgarian word formation. Attention is focused on the Bulgarian prefixes без-, не- и противо-. The meaning and the derivational activity of these prefixes are considered. The greatest productivity of prefix не- is underlined. The prefixes без- and не- function as a synonymic derivation resources. This fact follows from the meaning 'absence, lack ', which characterizes each of the two prefixes, and which is common to both. The complex prefix недо- and the prefix противо- have a slightly different meaning of the prefixes без- and не-. For that they are not presented as a synonymous derivational resources expressing negation.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 80-88
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian