Deictic temporal adverbs in Macedonian language

Specific lexical time indicators in the Macedonian language are temporal adverbs like летото (-во), which are formed due to adverbialization of the noun with the definite article. The system of the articles in the Macedonian language includes three indicators: proximate, medial and distal. Semantically marked from the standpoint of the subjective time perception are the distal and proximate deiхis indicators, denoting important stages of the speaker's life. The most frequent speaker's speech assessments of time intervals as the past and future nearest periods are grammatikalized. The distality, as a rule, marks a non-standard, emotionally coloured situation that does not promote its grammaticalization. As for the so-called medial deixis indicators and „indefinite" indication of the time interval, they fit into the model of the description of time as something external to the speaker. The data of the research are literary and publicistic texts, as well records of spontaneous speech.