ТEMPORAL ADVERBSMARKING PRECEDENCE IN BULGARIAN AND POLISH

Abstract

The object of analysis is one of the components of temporality – temporal adverbs. The core morphological category of tense in the field of temporality is considered as a relation of three types – action before, during and after the moment of speaking. The Bulgarian temporal system and temporal adverbs are presented according to these three relations. Temporal adverbs, used for a previous moment, are one of the biggest groups of adverbs both in Bulgarian and in Polish. The paper focuses on certain aspects of the relationship between the grammatical meanings of the tense of a verb and the lexical meanings of temporal adverbs.