Система классификаторов-нумеративов в болгарском языке
System Of Classifiers Numeratives In The Bulgarian Language

Author(s): Stoyan Burov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics, Phraseology
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: categorization; classifiers; numeratives; paired objects; standard and nonstandard measures; collective sets
Summary/Abstract: In the modern Bulgarian language, a set of numerative classifiers is used, which simultaneously perform two functions: they categorize names according to some physical or functional features of their referents; they serve as intermediaries in counting objects, aggregates or distributed material masses. These are: 1. the numerative classifier чифт ‘pair’ – categorizes two-component objects: два чифта очила ‘two pairs of glasses’; 2. numerative classifiers for categorizing substances according to the physical form in which they are distributed, and for indicating the type of their quantification – standard and non-standard (conventional and unconventional) measures: метър ‘meter’, буца ‘lump’, кофа ‘bucket’, парче ‘piece’, лъжичка ‘spoon’, педя ‘span’, etc.; 3. the numerative classifiers стадо ‘herd’, глутница ‘pack’, ято ‘flock’, рояк ‘swarm’, etc. – categorize animals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, etc. in standard or conventional aggregates: ято гълъби ‘a flock of pigeons’, две стада овце ‘two flocks of sheep’.

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