Open AccessСЪСТОЯНИЕТО КАТО ПРИЧИНА: КОНСТРУКЦИИТЕ С КАКЪВТО И КАКТО С ПРИЧИННО ЗНАЧЕНИЕ / STATE AS A CAUSE: CAUSAL CONSTRUCTIONS WITH КАКЪВТО AND КАКТО
Author(s) -
Елена Иванова
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bʺlgarski ezik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2603-3372
pISSN - 0005-4283
DOI - 10.47810/bl.68.21.03.05
Subject(s) - bulgarian , dependent clause , feature (linguistics) , linguistics , meaning (existential) , state (computer science) , function (biology) , computer science , psychology , philosophy , sentence , programming language , evolutionary biology , psychotherapist , biology
Apart from their main function, the Bulgarian constructions with какъвто and както can express causal relations between the situations described in the main clause and the subordinate clause. The paper shows that in the causal use of both constructions the subordinate clause expresses a static feature, serving as a justification of the situation presented in the main clause. In addition, there is a semantic differentiation between the two models: какъвто normally expresses a usual (permanent) feature, while както denotes mostly a temporary (episodic) feature. Observations on the means used by Russian translators to convey this kind of causal meaning are also put forward.Keywords: state, causal relations, relative clauses, manner clauses, Bulgarian, Russian