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LANGUAGE “ARCHEOLOGY” OF SOME LEXICAL GROUPS IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The aim of this paper is to observe some lexical groups in contemporary Bulgarian in whose roots traces of Old Bulgarian are found. The article suggests a classification of the excerpted words by phonetical, lexicological ... -
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 ... -
LITERATURE AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN IRAN BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The Iranian society under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979) is a society in crisis, struggling to give birth to the man of modern times. A key factor in this process are the Iranian writers and intellectuals, who ... -
A LOOK AT A POPULAR PSYCHOLINGUISTIC EXPERIMENT
(Plovdiv University Press, 2022-05-20)The aim of the following paper is to prove the existence of the connection between sound (phoneme) and meaning. The hypothesis is supported by Ramachandran and Hubbard’s experiment on “bouba“ and “kiki“ (2001) and ... -
THE „LYRICAL“ MEMOIRS OF DORA GABE – MEMORY AND OBLIVION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The research examines Dora Gabe’s memoirs, dedicated to various renown Bulgarian writers. The text follows the publishing chronology of the memoirs and that enables us to highlight the periods, during which Dora Gabe created ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COGNITIVE METAPHORS IN POLITICAL SPEECH
(Plovdiv University Press, 2022-05-20)The paper presents a study and an analysis of cognitive metaphors in the speech of contemporary Bulgarian politicians. This study aims to present three different ways in which metaphors can be identified in discourse. ... -
THE MILITARY STORIES OF YORDAN YOVKOV AND YORDAN VALCHEV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The present study aims to briefly outline the continuity between the military stories of Yordan Yovkov and Yordan Valchev. It points out the similarities, differences and developments in certain aspects of the military stories ... -
MODELING OF SUBJECT WORLDS IN BIOLOGY AND LITERARY CRITICISM. AN ESSAY ON BARIERATA (THE BARRIER) BY PAVEL VEZHINOV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)This paper aims to construct a theoretical model in order to allow us to rethink the concept of literary worlds. The basis of this attempt is the work of the biologist Jakob von Uexküll and his main idea of Umwelt. This ... -
MODELS FOR „BORDER” IN THE CHIFLIKAT KRAY GRANITSATA (FARM NEAR THE BORDER) BY Y. YOVKOV AND NA IZTOK OT ZAPADA (EAST OF THE WEST) BY M. PENKOV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)Borders as an object of study are beginning to play an important role in postmodern political and social theories and cultural studies. In literature, all these aspects of the border can be used for the derivation of an ... -
THE MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL AND THE ISSUE OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION (IZOBRETATELYAT BY BORIS SHIVACHEV)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)In the article, we rely on certain psychoanalytical terms (unconscious mind, homosexuality, bisexuality, self-reflection, negation) to examine how their usage in fiction adds to the understanding of the complexity of the ... -
MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AS A MEANS OF READING COMPREHENSION TRAINING
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The report examines the development of modern technology as a tool for reading comprehension. The main stages of the lesson are given, and the application of information and communication in the different components of the ... -
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 ... -
MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF PAST PARTICIPLES (ANALOGUES OF BULGARIAN PARTICIPIAL MORPHEMES IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND GERMAN)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2022-05-20)The study aims to present and support a model for morpheme segmentation of the Bulgarian past participles, compared to the morphological structure of past participial forms in French, English and German. The participles ... -
MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCES AND ARCHETYPES IN “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The present paper is inspired by one of the most beloved and famous plays in modern culture, “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1947), written by the American playwright Tennessee Williams. The problem set to be analyzed focuses ...