Browsing by Author "Koleva, Radostina"
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DOES GRAMMATICAL GENDER HAVE SEMANTICS? (OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENDER CATEGORY OF NOUNS IN BULGARIAN)
Koleva, Radostina; Колева, Радостина (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The present paper deals with the semantics of the lexical-grammatical category of gender in contemporary Bulgarian: the only issue related to that category, which scientists have certain disagreements about. We ... -
MECHANISM OF PERSONIFICATION AND SPIRITUALIZATION IN BULGARIAN LITERATURE
Koleva, Radostina (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2017)The current paper examines the mechanism by means of which personification and spiritualization in Bulgarian literature are achieved. We have proven with a lot of examples that the different levels – phonetic, lexical, ... -
ON THE QUESTION OF THE GENDER DEFECTIVITY OF THE SO CALLED COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Koleva, Radostina; Колева, Радостина (Plovdiv University Press, 2022-05-20)The subject of the present paper is a group of nouns that denote a couple consisting of a male and a female person. We question the correctness of the term collective nouns, which sometimes is used for those nouns, and ... -
ON THE QUESTION OF TRANSPOSITIONS WITH THE CATEGORY OF GENDER IN BULGARIAN LITERARY LANGUAGE
Koleva, Radostina (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2016)The current paper examines the problem of transpositions with the category of gender. The author tries to prove that the neuter is by no means neutral, as far as stylistics is concerned; that the unmarked grammeme, masculine, ...