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This study examines the motion verb system of Bulgarian, focusing both on the structure of the Bulgarian motion verb itself, and on the information typically encoded in the Bulgarian verb of motion. It then compares the Bulgarian motion verb system with the motion verb systems o…

On Resumptive Pronouns in Slavic is a first step toward a generalized theory of pronouns that accounts for the behavior of both ordinary and resumptive pronouns. I adopt the definition of resumption proposed by Boeckx (2003) who analyzes resumptive pronouns as pronouns stranded …

This work constitutes the first comprehensive study of Balkan Slavic appellative forms of language. By interpreting literary and dialectal Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian forms, I seek to illustrate the interplay between the appellative and the other linguistic functio…

This dissertation employs the career of British archaeologist Arthur Evans as the fulcrum to examine the concept of “modern antiquities,” which Evans defined as the study of ancient customs and societies best represented in the Balkans, and which he understood as essential to un…

This dissertation focuses on the nature of perfects and their relationship with other competing resultative constructions in Macedonian and Bulgarian. I show how we can systematically analyze the Macedonian and Bulgarian resultative constructions and demonstrate which of them ar…