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Semantic Shift in Speech Verbs (in View of Etymological Analysis)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study presents several models of semantic development for Bulgarian verbs of different origins. It examines a part of the vast lexico-semantic field of verbs for speaking in Bulgarian, in particular analysing the semantics and etymology of verbs with the meanings ‘speak’, ‘speak a lot, annoyingly’, ‘speak idle talk, babble’, ‘speak unintelligibly, vaguel’, ‘insult’ and ‘slander’. As a result of semantic development, the meanings of the verbs кàзвам ‘say’ and обàждам (се) ‘call’ are also considered.

Source: Papers of the Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof Lyubomir Andreychin”

DOI: 10.47810/pibl.xxxviii.25.07

Author: Krasimira Fuchedzhieva

Institutions: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Bulgarian Language

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and language evolution

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4413993329

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