The meaning of evidentiality in grammar publications from the period 1835 ‒ 1878 Cover Image

Проблемът за свидетелствеността в граматичните съчинения от периода 1835 ‒ 1878 г.
The meaning of evidentiality in grammar publications from the period 1835 ‒ 1878

Author(s): Vasil Stamenov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: evidentiality; grammatical meaning
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the conceptions expressed in the1835 ‒ 1878 period, which relate to the meaning of direct evidence in Modern Bulgarian. It is argued that the terms definite tense: indefinite tense are polysemous. The text also comments on the first proposals for the existence of the -х-/-ш- ending defined as a marker of direct evidence by distinguished linguists such as A. Aleksandrov, I. Kutsarov, etc.