ADJECTIVIZATION LEVELS OF THE PRESENT ACTIVE PARTICIPLE IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN

Abstract

The study focuses on the adjectivization of present active participles in contemporary Bulgarian language, highlighting, firstly, the differences of the phenomenon with respect to the adjectivization of other participles and, secondly, the non-uniformity of the process conditioned by the specifics of the present active participle. The latter is evidenced by several Bulgarian dictionaries which appear to be key to the study insofar as the observation of the lexicographical material included substantiates the theses put forward. Particular attention is paid to the perspectives in the development of adjectivization as a process rivaling the tendency towards semi-predicative use of participles.