Bulgarian Verbal Aspect and Reduplication of Clitics

This book examines verbal aspect and reduplication of clitics, two of the most extraordinary linguistic phenomena present in contemporary Bulgarian. The investigation follows the basic theoretical conceptions and theory-internal rules of Role and Reference Grammar, a theory which views grammatical structure with reference to its semantic and communicative functions.Bulgarian aspect (vid) is juxtopposed to Aktionsart, a lexical classification of verbs and the clitic doubling structure is explained in terms of its morphology, syntax and the information structure of the language.