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Definiteness in Bulgarian: Modelling the Processes of Language Change (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm])
Author: Olga M. Mladenova
Year: January 1, 2007
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 37 MB
Language: English

Year: January 1, 2007
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 37 MB
Language: English

The book 'Definiteness in Bulgarian Modelling the Processes of Language Change Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs [Tilsm]' provides a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of the Bulgarian language from a synthetic to an analytic language, focusing on the emergence of the grammaticalized category of definiteness. The author examines the process of language change through a detailed comparison of the earliest Modern Bulgarian texts with contemporary dialect and standard Bulgarian data. The study employs a rigorous approach, separating form from content and utilizing a default inheritance model of definiteness to classify and analyze nominal structures encountered in the texts. This allows for a quantitative analysis of the types of nominal structures available in early texts from a native speaker's perspective. The book begins by discussing the need to understand the technological process of developing modern knowledge as the basis for human survival and unity in a warring world. The author argues that the ability to adapt to changing technology is crucial for the survival of humanity, and that this requires the development of a personal paradigm for perceiving the technological process.
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