@article{ART003178382},
author={Jungwon Chung},
title={Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2025},
volume={74},
pages={193-236},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jungwon Chung
TI - Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 74
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 193
EP - 236
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This study examines some important facts and theoretical issues concerning grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian postpositional definite articles. First, there are different opinions about perspectives on what qualifies a definite marker as an article. Meeting all the necessary criteria, the Bulgarian and Macedonian nominal definiteness markers are proven to be highly grammaticalized. Second, Bulgarian and Macedonian dialects feature either a monistic or a tripartite postpositional definite article system, and there is a debate about which system appeared first. Third, linguists argue over whether the Bulgarian and Macedonian postpositional articles are enclitics being an independent word or affixes as part of a word. Fourth, there are different hypotheses about when and from where the Bulgarian and Macedonian postpositional definite articles originate. Finally, there is a question about a correlation between the emergence of postpositional articles and the loss of nominal cases in Bulgarian and Macedonian, and a correlation between the definiteness of articles and the definiteness of past tense forms in these languages.
KW - Bulgarian;Macedonian;Slavic;Balkanism;Sprachbund;Definiteness;Postpositional Definite Article;Grammaticalization
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
ER -
Jungwon Chung. (2025). Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles. Cross-Cultural Studies, 74, 193-236.
Jungwon Chung. 2025, "Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.74, pp.193-236. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
Jungwon Chung "Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles" Cross-Cultural Studies 74 pp.193-236 (2025) : 193.
Jungwon Chung. Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles. 2025; 74 193-236. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
Jungwon Chung. "Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles" Cross-Cultural Studies 74(2025) : 193-236.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
Jungwon Chung. Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles. Cross-Cultural Studies, 74, 193-236. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
Jungwon Chung. Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2025; 74 193-236. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
Jungwon Chung. Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles. 2025; 74 193-236. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
Jungwon Chung. "Theoretical Issues on Grammaticalization of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Postpositional Definite Articles" Cross-Cultural Studies 74(2025) : 193-236.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..193
