Rethinking the morpheme -то from the nt-bases in the definite clause of nouns with neutral gender Cover Image
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Преосмисляне на морфемата -то от nt-основите в определителен член при съществителни от среден род
Rethinking the morpheme -то from the nt-bases in the definite clause of nouns with neutral gender

Author(s): Ivan G. Iliev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Bulgarian language; definiteness; nt-stems

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author proves (making comparison with Serbian) that the morpheme -to in Bulgarian personal nouns of the type Vancheto, Lencheto, Miteto, etc., is not a definite article by origin but a transformation of an old nt-stem plural ending.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 124-132
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian