On the Subject of the Invariant Meaning of the Renarrative Verb Forms in the Context of Teaching Bulgarian Language in Secondary Schools

Vasil Stamenov
University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”

https://doi.org/10.53656/bel2025-5-VA

Abstract. The main purpose of the study is to check whether the invariant meaning of the renarrative verb forms is represented in the same way in the contemporary Bulgarian language textbooks, used in secondary schools. The paper thoroughly analyses the lesson materials focused on the subject of renarration in the 7th grade Bulgarian language textbooks. The observations, which have been made, indicate that some author panels assume that the non-evidential uses of the renarrative are its primary meaning. In some cases the renarrative grammar forms are included in the lessons discussing grammatical mood, without any account for the fact that the ranarrative expresses the speaker’s attitude towards the utterance, not towards the action. The study comments on the main causes for the differences in the examined textbooks and more specifically on the diversity of standpoints regarding the semantics and the categorial status of the renarrative verb forms, as well as the observed overlooks in the curriculum, etc. Some suggestions have also been made, whose aim is to assist the development of equal criteria, which can be used as a foundation for teaching renarraive verbs forms in secondary schools.

Keywords: renarration; renarrative verb forms; invariant; secondary school

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