The functional-semantic category of voice in the Bulgarian language Cover Image

Функционално-семантичната категория залоговост в българския език
The functional-semantic category of voice in the Bulgarian language

Author(s): Verka Sasheva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Cognitive linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Stylistics
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Bulgarian language; functional-semantic field; voice; explicators
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to outline the means (explicators, modifiers) that are in the core and periphery of the functional-semantic field of voice. Attention is paid not only to the morphological category of voice, which is at the core of the functional-semantic field; other peripheral explicators of the category – both lexical and syntactic – are considered, too. Some homonymous uses of passive forms with already lost passive meanings are discussed. An attempt is made to distinguish them by means of a functional-semantic (pragmatic, not formal) criterion.