Definiteness in Bulgarian : Modelling the Processes of Language Change.

Definiteness in Bulgarian : Modelling the Processes of Language Change.

In its evolution from a synthetic to an analytic language, Bulgarian acquired a grammaticalized category of definiteness. The book presents the first attempt to explore in detail how this happened by comparing the earliest Modern Bulgarian texts with contemporary dialect and standard Bulgarian data....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mladenova, Olga M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Series:Trends in Linguistics: Studies & Monographs, v. 182.
Subjects:
Bulgarian language > Definiteness.
Bulgarian language > History.
Bulgarian language > Dialects.
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian language > Definiteness
Bulgarian language > Dialects
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Definiteness: expression and content; 3. The diachronic model of definiteness; 4. Language variation and textology; 5. Definiteness in the dialects; 6. Bulgarian definiteness in a Balkan context; 7. Concluding remarks; 8. Maps; 9. Note on language data treatment; Backmatter.

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