Syntax-Semantic Types and Lexico-Semantic Models of Multi-Component Words in Old Bulgarian and Church Slavonic: Composita Substantiva & Verba

The proposed article examines the syntactic-semantic types and the lexico-semantic models of multi-component complex words from the category of substantives and verbs in Old Bulgarian and Church Slavonic. The study is done on lexical material, excerpted from the main lexicography works in Old Bulgarian and Church Slavonic languages. The analysis proceeds from the theoretical statement that the structural significance of word order (as well as of any language unit that is semantically and formally dissected) is not a simple sum of lexical meanings of its constituent units, but interactions between them on the basis of certain predicate relations. Based on the specific analysis, the conclusion is drawn that the variety of syntactic-semantic types and the lexico-semantic models of multicomponent complex words reveals the rich word-forming capabilities of the Old Bulgarian language, respectively the Church-Slavic language, and their ability to adequately translate foreign language specimens by their own means of speech.