ПОЯВА И РАЗВИТИЕ НА ДУМАТА „ХАМЕЛЕОН“ В БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ЕЗИК
THE SEMANTICS OF THE WORD CHAMELEON IN BULGARIAN

Author(s): Velislava Stoykova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет »Св. Кл. Охридски«
Keywords: semantics; lexicography; terminology
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the first usages of the word chameleon in Bulgarian. Its general semantics and related meanings are presented following the examples of its first usages from several sources of early printed schoolbooks from the period of National Revival. The analysis of the new usages resulting to new meanings is supported by related contextual usage examples taken from different authors. The corpus-based approach is applied to extract the usage examples with contemporary contexts of the word chameleon, which present new and specific semantics. The overview of the main trends of changes and evolution of the semantics of that word is presented in the conclusion.

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