Browsing Verba iuvenium, Issue 5 (2023) by Title
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LEXICAL DEVICES FOR EXPRESSING IMPERATIVE MOOD IN BULGARIAN AND RUSSIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)This paper focuses on some of the peripheral modifiers in the field of the morphological category of mood in Bulgarian and Russian, and in particular, the lexical devices used to express imperativity. The comparative ... -
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 ... -
THE MONSTROUS DOUBLE. THE TAILORS’ DUMMIES OF BRUNO SCHULZ
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The present paper examines Bruno Schulz’s short story “Treatise on Tailors’ Dummies or The Second Book of Genesis” by mapping out the broader tradition of writings concerning automata with initial focus being on ... -
NESHO BONCHEV: THE AESTHETE AS AN ARTIST
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The present paper examines Nesho Bonchev, a Bulgarian critic, in a contemporary discourse beyond the general aspects of literary historiography. It is important to appreciate N. Bonchev’s ability to think critically, for ... -
OBSERVATIONS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ABBREVIATED INFINITIVE IN THE MODERN BULGARIAN LANGUAGE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The subject of the present study is the abbreviated infinitive in Modern Bulgarian – a language form that is not actively used, occurs in certain functional styles, and is not stylistically neutral. Our interest in the ... -
ON THE MATTER OF THE GRAMMATICALIZATION OF THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE IN BULGARIAN THROUGH THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The object of the current study concerns the morphological category of determination in Bulgarian, English and Italian. More specifically, the paper deals with the unmarked member of the category – indefiniteness, and ... -
ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF AN UNSTUDIED SPEECH – THE SPEECH OF V. DOLEN, ZLATOGRADSKO
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)This paper presents the morphological features of the dialect of the village of Dolen, Zlatograd Region. The Dolen dialect belongs to the Rhodope dialects, in which Bulgarian linguistics has long been interested. The ... -
ON THE PECULIAR CASE OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE (DEFINITENESS~INDEFINITENESS) IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN MEDIA
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The object of the present study is one peculiar case of the functioning of the category of determination (definiteness~indefiniteness) in the contemporary Bulgarian media. This category is a distinctive feature of the ... -
ON THE QUESTION OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL CATEGORY PLAN (TAXIS) IN SPANISH AND BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The object of the present study is the morphological category of plan (taxis) in modern Spanish and Bulgarian. The main purpose is to present the opinion on the grammatical status of this category by making a comparison ... -
OPPORTUNITIES OF CO-TEACHING FOR INCREASING COGNITIVE ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS (INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO LEARNING BULGARIAN AND MUSIC FOR THE 5 TH GRADE)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The paper explores some of the potentials of the integrative educational approach in Bulgarian language classes for increasing students’ cognitive activity and mastering key competences – a current topic in recent years ... -
OVERGENERALIZATION AND OVERREGULARIZATION IN THE VERB SYSTEM OF THE BULGARIAN INTERLANGUAGE OF FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The paper investigates overgeneralization and overregularization in the interlanguage of learners of Bulgarian as a foreign language. The emphasis is on some typical morphological errors in the L2 verb grammar, which are ... -
“PARADISE ISN'T FOR THE LIKES OF ME”1 OR THE AERIAL TOLL-HOUSES OF THE FOREIGNER IN THE EXISTANCE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)This paper aims to make an intertextual analysis of three short stories by three Bulgarian authors: “Bae Mitar the Prophet” by Mihalaki Georgiev, “In the Next World” by Elin Pelin and “Adventure in Paradise” by Svetoslav ... -
THE ROLE OF TWO SYMBOLS IN VAPTSAROV’S POETRY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The current paper seeks to study the various uses of nature-related images and symbols in the poetry of Nikola Vaptsarov. The Sun and the sky are engaged in some of the paramount juxtapositions in Vaptsarov’s texts – ... -
RUINS: ON WALTER BENJAMIN`S PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The text focuses on the concept of language in the work of Walter Benjamin, mainly in his seminal work “On Language as Such and on the Language of Man” (1916) and in his later monograph “The Origin of the German Baroque ... -
TO THE QUESTION OF BULGARIAN FUTURE RELATIVE TENSE AND ITS TRANSLATION ANALOGUES IN MODERN ITALIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The object of research in the present study is the relative future tense forms and their translation equivalents in the modern Italian. Our main motive for choosing the topic is related to the fact that the mentioned ... -
“TOBACCO” DIMITAR DIMOV AND “THE TREMBLING OF A LEAF: LITTLE STORIES OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS” SOMERSET MAUGHAM – A TRIAL FOR A DIALOGUE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The purpose of this paper is to examine the dialogue between Dimitar Dimov's novel “Tobacco” (1951) and Somerset Maugham's collection of short stories “The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands” (1921). ...