ETYMOLOGY AND SEMANTIC TYPOLOGY. REGULARITY OF SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIAN VERB VOCABULARY Cover Image

ЕТИМОЛОГИЯ И СЕМАНТИЧНА ТИПОЛОГИЯ: РЕГУЛЯРНОСТ НА СЕМАНТИЧНИЯ РАЗВОЙ ПРИ БЪЛГАРСКА ГЛАГОЛНА ЛЕКСИКА
ETYMOLOGY AND SEMANTIC TYPOLOGY. REGULARITY OF SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIAN VERB VOCABULARY

Author(s): Krasimira Fuchedzhieva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: etymology; semantics; semantic development; semantic typology

Summary/Abstract: The study is focused on the semantic aspect of etymological analysis. It is mainly oriented towards the etymological lexicographic practice in the “Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary” (BER) and focuses on revealing the typology of semantic changes within an etymological nest. A systematic approach is applied to the analysis of derivational processes within the Proto-Slavic ablaut sequence *per-/ *pьr-/ *pаr- and the regularity of the semantic shifts under study is demonstrated, and an attempt is also made to establish semantic features the basis of which the development takes place. The study is monolinguistic, based on Bulgarian linguistic material extracted from the BER, and is diachronically oriented, but in a number of cases a synchronic approach of analysis is also applied in order to bring out some typological features which can also be detected at the diachronic level. The establishment of semantic regularities and the demonstration of regularity in semantic development is a necessary support for the etymologization of a large volume and diverse lexical material. The results of the study can be the basis for various research works in the field of semantics, both in synchronic and diachronic terms.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: XXXVII
  • Page Range: 181-224
  • Page Count: 44
  • Language: English, Bulgarian
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