Osservazioni su alcune forme innovative dei nomi propri di persona in bulgaro in funzione allocutiva

The article examines the variety of vocatives in modern Bulgarian, encompassing both traditional forms that have fallen out of use, and modern forms, that have emerged from the need to address someone by their proper name. It discusses the reference forms of full formal male and female proper names, as well as certain formal variations of proper names (such as those with diminutive suffixes, short forms, and forms with definite articles). For each of these forms, the article indicates their potential uses in allocutive contexts and specifies the corresponding vocative forms. Furthermore, the paper identified the existence of specific combinations of pragmatic parameters underlying the choice of the allocutive form in various situational contexts. The article also highlights some similarities with the use of vocatives in Greek, Turkish, and Romanian, shedding light on the existence of a certain common framework in the Balkan area.