Word order of the exclamatory utterance in Bulgarian colloquial speech Cover Image

Словоред на възклицателното изказване в българската разговорна реч
Word order of the exclamatory utterance in Bulgarian colloquial speech

Author(s): Stanislava Teofilova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: exclamatory utterance; Bulgarian colloquial speech; information structure; grammatical word order; topic and focus of the utterance

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on word order specifics of the exclamatory utterance in Bulgarian colloquial speech. Two aspects have been dealt with in parallel: the grammatical word order and the information structure of the utterance. The linguistic material was collected in an informal, everyday settings, wherein people with a secondary or higher education were having a casual conversation with their friends and relatives.