VOL. 57, BOOK 1, PART А, 2019, pp. 256 – 266 Full text (Bg)
Author: Desislava Dimitrova
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
In the focus of the comparative research is the marked member (Passive Voice) of the verbal category of voice in Bulgarian and English. The study has two main objectives: to describe the current state of the category of voice in Bul-garian and English, and to identify the instances of inter-language symmetry and asymmetry as regards the forms of passive and the expression of passive in both languages. The article discusses the potentiality for a third member of the gram-matical category of voice in the Bulgarian language. The discussion is about the possibility for the passive forms such as (stroen e) and the so-called reflexive passive forms (stroi se) to establish result-action oppositions within the paradigm of Passive Voice. The similarity in the expressed semantic action of the Bulgari-an se-constructions and the forms of the English Passive in Present Progressive (are being mended – se popraviyat/ bivat popraviyani) is pointed out. The ex-pression of Passive is presented from a new perspective highlighting the func-tions of the participles in passive structures.
Key words: voice category, passive voice, reflexive passive forms, marked member, inter-language asymmetry, functions of the participles
