ON THE INTERCHANGEABILITY OF THE BULGARIAN SUMMATIVE PRONOUNS VSICHKI, VSICHKITE AND TSELITE

Abstract

This study examines the competitive uses of the summative pronouns vsichki, vsichkite and tselite. Only the plural forms of the pronouns are examined. First hypothesis is about vsichki and vsichkite and examines in what type of phrase can each of them operate. The second hypothesis is that vsichkite and tselite can operate in a parallel distribution. The terms one-way substitutability and two-way substitutability are introduced to explain the relationship between these two pronouns when they are used in the same contexts. For the purpose of the study, we analyzed examples excerpted from Internet.