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M. M. BAKHTIN ON DEATH WHICH DELIVERS THE HERO
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)The paper focuses on Bakhtin’s perception of the function of “death” in the creative attitude of Author to Hero. It reveals the range of death’s validity, as well as (hypothetically) the consequences of this regarding ... -
THE MACHINE AND THE OCEAN: THE IMAGE OF THE TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIP IN BULGARIAN TRAVELOGUES FROM THE 1920S AND 1930S
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The paper focuses on the image of the transatlantic steamship presented in Bulgarian travelogues, which were published in the 1920s and 1930s and which narrated the journey to North and South America. The steamship is seen ... -
MAIN PERIODS IN THE RESEARCH OF THE PRESENT PASSIVE PARTICIPLE IN THE BULGARIAN GRAMMATICAL STUDIES FROM THE MIDDLE OF 19TH TO THE MIDDLE OF 20TH CENTURY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2022-05-20)The following paper traces out the main periods of the present passive participle’s description in the Bulgarian grammatical tradition from the first published Bulgarian grammar (Rilski 1835) to the last scientific grammar ... -
MAJOR AND MAYOR – ON TWO ‘TRUTHS’ IN HARDY’S NOVELS (BASED ON A READING OF HIS OWN PREFACES)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The present paper offers a reading of the prefaces to Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet Major (1880) and The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886). We focus mainly on the former novel and use the latter as a point of reference. In this ... -
MALE AND FEMALE ATTITUDES TOWARDS SLANG, VULGARISMS AND PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2014)This study examines the gender effect on the attitudes towards slang expressions, two types of vulgarisms, and professional vocabulary. Participants (N = 663) evaluated the speakers as well as the appropriateness of four ... -
MANAGING NEOLOGISMS AND POLYSEMY IN BULGARIAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The following paper is focused on basic linguistic changes which have occurred in the Bulgarian language due to borrowings from English. Certain instances of language contact in the past couple of decades have brought forth ... -
MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVERGENCE AS AN ACCOMMODATION STRATEGY IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)In the first part of this paper we highlight the features of the divergence as an accommodation strategy. We emphasize its place within the other communication strategies distinguished along the development of the ... -
MANIFESTATIONS OF FOLK (POPULAR) ETYMOLOGY IN THE SO-CALLED ETYMOLOGICAL FIGURES
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)The article analyses the pseudoetymological figures (parechesis) created on the basis of folk (popular) etymology. -
THE MANIPULATIVE ASPECT OF COGNITIVE METAPHORS IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN POLITICAL SPEECHES
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The article presents an analysis of cognitive metaphors in the speech of contemporary Bulgarian politicians. This study aims to trace the way for the formation and functioning of the manipulative nature of cognitive ... -
MAPPING THE COMMUNAL IDEOLOGY OF THE POOR: CARNIVALESQUE TECHNIQUES OF SUBVERSION IN THOMAS DELONEY’S JACK OF NEWBURY
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2012)Central to this paper will be the concept of social mobility and the problematisation of traditional Christian moral values in England in the late 1590s. Taking into account the social turbulences of the period, the paper ... -
THE MARGINAL NOTES INTO THE PANEGYRIC OF DJAK ANDREY FROM 1425 – A SOURCE FOR THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2015)The manuscript with the library mark 182 from the collection of CIAI, written by the copyist Djak Andrey in 1425, commissioned by the Serbian patriarch Nikon (The manuscript is known also as the Panegyric of Djak Andrey ... -
MARINA TSVETAEVA – RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH MEMORY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The topic of this paper are the memories of colleagues and contemporaries of Marina Tsvetaeva, who outline the main points and aspects of her character as an artist. I also briefly point out the influence of the family ... -
MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN TRANSLATED: MONSTROSITY AND DEMONISATION
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2019)This paper discusses Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (the 1831 edition) in view of its interpretations along the lines of monstrosity and demonisation, and how these relate to the language of the first Bulgarian translation ... -
THE MASTERY OF NAME GIVING IN LITERATURE – AN OVERVIEW OF TWO EDITIONS OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF IVAN VAZOV’S “UNDER THE YOKE”
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)The translation process is not only an interesting but also a challenging task as translators serve as mediators. They render messages hidden in a literary work, unveil meaning and make the cultures of the source and the ... -
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE BIPOLAR MODEL OF THE NOUN PHRASE IN FRENCH
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2019)The bipolar model provides a functional explanation of the position of an attributive adjective with respect to the noun it modifies in modern French. The model is based on the relative evaluation of the ratio situational ... -
MAUPASSANT AND THE ORIENTAL IMAGES
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2021)The text aims to reveal some of the weaknesses of perceiving one’sown face compared to that of a foreigner in the prose-fiction works of Maupassant. For this purpose we analyze novelsand stories dedicated to Algeria and ... -
MAURICE LEBLANC: IN SEARCH OF THE DETECTIVE GENRE
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2020)The works of young Maurice Leblanc, the future master of the detective genre, are examined in our article sub specie Lupinianae. The very pronounced impact of Maupassant and of Flaubert does not exclude Leblanc’s tendency ... -
MAURITIAN LITERATURE
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2016)The speeches of Pierre Poivre have suggested a political orientation to the Colony and a moral ideal to the settlers. One cannot see in Poivre just a greedy settler, a trafficker of fine spices. Barthélémy Huet de Froberville ... -
THE MEANING OF EVIDENTIALITY IN GRAMMAR PUBLICATIONS FROM THE PERIOD 1835 ‒ 1878
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2021)The paper discusses the conceptions expressed in the1835 ‒ 1878 period, which relate to the meaning of direct evidence in Modern Bulgarian. It is argued that the terms definite tense: indefinite tense are polysemous. The ... -
THE MEANINGS OF MARGINALITY IN THE THEATRE PLAY ÊTRE LÀ BY SYLVIANE DUPUIS
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)In this work I propose to analyze some meanings of Marginality in the theatre play Être là by Sylviane Dupuis, in particular the Marginality of the main hero who decides to leave his job and stay out in the street. In my ...