NEGATIVE FORMS OF THE DUBITATIVE FOR FUTURE SIMPLE AND FUTURE IN THE PAST

Abstract

This paper discusses three hypotheses based on the choice between the four forms to express a negative dubitative semantics in Bulgarian. The first hypothesis examines the competition between two of these forms: nyamalo bil, ne shtyal bil. The second and the third hypotheses examine the uses of the forms nyamal bil, nyamalo bil. The study does not give a concrete answer to the question “which form is most commonly used to express a negative dubitative semantics”. As such we can conclude that the process of grammaticalization has not been completed yet.