01295nas a2200145   4500008004100000245009300041210006900134300001100203490000700214520077200221653002400993653005601017100002101073856005501094       1993                        eng d00aThe relationship between entity and space in English and Bulgarian existential sentences0 arelationship between entity and space in English and Bulgarian e  a9–160 v183 a<p>The nature of the relationship between Entity and Space is discussed along the parameters: (a) Internal / External Space and (b) Essentiality / Contingency of the „Entity / PART / : Space / WHOLE/“ relationship. It is argued that the value of these parameters determines some of the major differences between English and Bulgarian in the choice of an existential sentence (the there construction and the impersonal има) or of a personal construction (with have and the personal имам, respectively). Unlike English, the Bulgarian existential има construction is not the choice in the case of Internal Space and/or a more essential part : whole relationship, owing to the specificity of the verb, itself the result of a shift towards impersonality.</p>10aContrastive Studies10aсъпоставителни изследвания1 aAlexieva, Bistra  uhttp://scripta-bulgarica.eu/bg/biblio/alexieva1993