Semantic Oppositions as a Peculiarity of Nomination in Bulgarian Dialectic Chrononimy

Abstract

The article studies dialectic interpretation of the time notions as a system in the Bulgarian dialects and draws a conclusion that the semantic field of the folk chrononimy in dialects is largely defined through oppositions as a structure of this lexical cluster. Semantic oppositions reflect such peculiarities of dialectic nomination as specific features of the segmentation of extralinguistic reality (a choice of the object of nomination); semantic motivation of nomination (a characteristic feature whereby the name is given), and some others, the use of native words and borrowings in particular. By these specific features the lexemes that define the time with or without starting point, possessing the characteristics of «big» and «small», «male» and «female» are separated from other chrononyms. Refs 8.