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Елиптични синтактични конструкции в българската разговорна реч
Omitted Syntactic Constructsions in Bulgarian Colloquial Speech

Author(s): Radoslav Tsonev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Syntax; colloquial speech; omitting; elliptical utterances; linguistic economy

Summary/Abstract: The article examines some of the most typical syntax structures in Bulgarian colloquial speech – those with omitted elements. Although the elliptical utterances are found in examples of literary language too, the loss of syntax units can be definite as mostly colloquial phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 381-393
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian