Essays about: "expressive particles"

Found 1 essay containing the words expressive particles.

  1. 1. Expressive Particles in Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek and Kurdish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Anu Vastenius; [2011]
    Keywords : be; bre; Bulgarian; expressive particles; grammaticalization; Greek; Kurdish; semantic bleaching; Serbian; vre; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : A common feature in the Balkan Sprachbund is the use of expressive particles, such as bre, be, vre, re, more, mori and ma in colloquial speech. In some sources the origin of the particles has been claimed to be the Greek moros, 'moron'. READ MORE