From the sacral to the profane. On the semantic development of some borrowings in Bulgarian Cover Image
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От сакрално към профанно. За семантичното развитие на някои заемки в българския език
From the sacral to the profane. On the semantic development of some borrowings in Bulgarian

Author(s): Ilya Zlatanov, Palmira Legurska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Bagatur ‘champion’>‘dolt’; Faqīr ‘mendicant monk’ > ‘tatterdemalion’ tarīqah ‘religious order’ > ‘dodger’

Summary/Abstract: The change of perceptive and functional attributes of some lofty concepts resulted in a complete change of their meaning. The reasons lie not in the language itself but in its external history. The nontransparent inner form of the borrowings facilitated the process.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 94-100
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian