On ‘the small and medium size enterprise’ in modern Bulgarian Cover Image

За „малкия и среден бизнес“ в съвременния български език
On ‘the small and medium size enterprise’ in modern Bulgarian

Author(s): Zdravko Minchev
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: definite article; category of definiteness; conceptualization; small; medium; business; enterprise
Summary/Abstract: The present report treats the question of specific noun phrases with two or more adjectives obtaining the definite article in modern Bulgarian and analyses a common mistake usually made by native speakers in this respect. One such phrase is ‘the small and medium size enterprise’ which is a good illustration of the problem.