Categorial and Non-categorial Meanings of the Categories of Gender, Number and Case of Personal Pronouns (A Russian-Bulgarian Juxtaposition)

Encho Tilev
University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”

https : //doi.org/10.53656/bel2021-5-2-3.gen.ru.bg

Abstract. The current study encompasses the grammatical categories of gender, number and case inherent to personal pronouns in Russian and Bulgarian. Even though some Bulgarian parts of speech (mostly verbs, for example) have significant differences in comparison with Russian ones, the systems of meanings of the Bulgarian and Russian pronomina personalia function in a similar way.
Additionally, the subject of examination are the categorial and non-categorial meanings which are invariably connected but the emphasis is put on the manifestations of non-categoriality. The main goal is to explain and describe the ways in which the non-categorial meanings function in Russian. For this purpose, the categorial meanings are the first to be examined which continues with a review of the non-categorical ones. The Bulgarian language serves as a background contrasting with Russian empirical data, and the main approach used is a comparative one.
Keywords: gender; number; case; pronouns; functional grammar; non-categorial meanings

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