Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication (ICELAIC 2017)

Tense and Aspect in Performative Utterances in Bulgarian

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Svetlana Slavkova
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Svetlana Slavkova
Available Online December 2017.
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-17.2017.78How to use a DOI?
Keywords
performative verbs; aspect; tense; politeness; Bulgarian
Abstract

Bulgarian differs from the other Slavic languages in that performatives are used in a somewhat wider range of tense-aspectual forms than the (always imperfective) present, which is the classic form for performative utterances in general. In fact, performatives occur in the analytical future, both perfective and imperfective. This paper aims to identify the parameters determining tense-aspectual choices in performative verbs in Bulgarian and to highlight the pragmatic meaning of such choices. In particular, the paper puts forward the hypothesis that tense and aspect in Bulgarian performative utterances can perform specific functions related especially to interpersonal distance and linguistic politeness.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication (ICELAIC 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
December 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-418-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-17.2017.78How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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