On the Order of the Prenominal Participles in Bulgarian

Abstract

This paper examines the distribution of Bulgarian participles in prenominal position. The discussion centers around two main arguments. First, it is argued that participial expressions postmodified by adverbs are real verbal participles. We provide data that, in Bulgarian, these participles can occur in prenominal position. The second goal is to show that when co-occurring in prenominal position, participles exhibit certain ordering restrictions, namely, stage-level participles precede individuallevel participles.