How Long to Read Definiteness in Bulgarian

How Long Does it Take to Read Definiteness in Bulgarian?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 8 minutes to read Definiteness in Bulgarian by Olga M. Mladenova

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Description

In its evolution from a synthetic to an analytic language, Bulgarian acquired a grammaticalized category of definiteness. The book presents the first attempt to explore in detail how this happened by comparing the earliest Modern Bulgarian texts with contemporary dialect and standard Bulgarian data. The basic units of analysis are the various types of nominal structures headed by nouns or pronouns. The analysis requires the strict terminological disentanglement of form from content and the adoption of a default inheritance model of definiteness that allow the exhaustive classification and tagging of nominal structures encountered in the texts. Tagging makes it possible to apply quantitative analysis to nominal structure and to assess the types available in the early texts from a current native-speaker perspective. Based on an S-curve model of language change, the study establishes that overt markers of definiteness were first made available to identifiability-based definites, then to inclusiveness-based definites, quantitative generics and unique referents. The overt markers of indefiniteness followed suit, separating indefinites from non-specifics and typifying generics. This progression of definiteness was directed by variables such as person, animacy, gender, number and noun-class, and started in contexts in which definiteness closely interacted with possessivity. Such an analysis leads to the realization that the two-dimensional S-curve model does not account for all language change and that there is a need for a three-dimensional model. It also demonstrates that, contrary to previous assumptions, there is continuity between the early Slavic marker of definiteness (long-form adjectives) and the Modern Bulgarian article. This discovery, in conjunction with geolinguistic arguments, sheds new light on the role that relations inside the Balkan Sprachbund played in the grammaticalization of Bulgarian definiteness.

How long is Definiteness in Bulgarian?

Definiteness in Bulgarian by Olga M. Mladenova is 483 pages long, and a total of 122,199 words.

This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 149% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Definiteness in Bulgarian Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 7 minutes to read Definiteness in Bulgarian aloud.

What Reading Level is Definiteness in Bulgarian?

Definiteness in Bulgarian is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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