Лексикализация на устойчивите изрази с неопределителна семантика от типа „не знам (си) кой (си)“
Lexicalization of multiword expressions with indefinite semantics of the type не знам (си) кой (си) ‘I don’t know who’

Author(s): Laska Laskova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Lexis, Semantics, Pragmatics, Descriptive linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Phraseology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: multiword expressions; compound indefinites; Bulgarian; lexicalization
Summary/Abstract: The paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the structure and distribution of Bulgarian indefinite multiword expressions following the pattern ne znam (si) k-word (si) (NEG know.1SG.PRS (REFL) k-word (REFL)). The syntactic behavior of each member of the series is illustrated with numerous examples from Internet discourse.While it is possible for an adverb or even a preposition to occur within the complex, these expressions fill in positions available to pronouns, not to clauses, and denote specific non-identifiable referents. Therefore, ne znam (si) k-word(si) expressions should be categorized as compound indefinites.

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