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

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

Author(s): Stanislava Teofilova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: grammatical word order; imperative utterance; Bulgarian colloquial speech; information structure

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on word order particularities of the imperative 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 setting, wherein people with secondary or higher education were having a casual conversation with their friends and relatives.

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