NUMERALS AS A PART OF SPEECH – PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES (RUSSIAN–BULGARIAN PARALLELS)

Abstract

There are quite a few Indo-European languages that have their numerals separated as an independent part of speech. In all languages numerals are used to indicate the same extralinguistic quantity, though in theoretical linguistics, researchers still argue for their correct classification. The aim of this paper is to take a closer look at some of the problems related to the typology of numerals in Russian and Bulgarian languages and provide some insights on the way they should be classified from the author's point of view.