| dc.description.abstract | The paper deals with the issue of the plural and the numeral form, more precisely
with the extent to which modern speakers of Bulgarian handle these two
forms correctly. It is divided into 2 parts – the first one gives definitions of the plural
and the numeral form, as well as the exceptions to the rule, and the second one
presents and analyses the results of a pre-prepared survey and draws conclusions.
The prepared questionnaire covers 255 respondents (we decided on this number in
order to be as objective as possible when analyzing the results) from different age
groups, with different types of education, and with different reasons for completing
the questionnaire. The questionnaire contains 15 questions – 11 that test knowledge
regarding the numeric and plural forms (7 multiple choices and 4 free response), as
well as some exceptions to the rules and 4 that refer to the age of the respondents,
their education, and the reason for completing the survey. The report discusses all
the results in detail and draws conclusions about the general level of knowledge of
the plural and numeral forms among modern native speakers of Bulgarian, as well
as conclusions for each age group separately, for people with different types of education
– primary, secondary, university, etc. and for respondents with philological
education and respondents without such education. | en_US |
