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ABOUT THE LEXICOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF NOUN COMPOUNDS IN BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)It can be said that the vocabulary in almost every language is collected and systematized in different linguistic and encyclopedic dictionaries. The focus of this article is on complex lexemes (and specifically, on noun ... -
THE ADVERB 'НЯКОГА' (‘EVER’) IN BULGARIAN AND ITS EQUIVALENTS IN ROMANIAN LANGUAGE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2020-10-20)The paper aims to present the Bulgarian adverb niakoga (ever) and its equivalents in Romanian. The lexical units are excerpted from academic dictionaries of both of these Balkan languages. The use of the units is supported ... -
ALEKO KONSTANTINOV IN THE YEAR 1897 AND THE IDEAL OF BULGARIAN UNION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)This article deals with Aleko Konstantinov, known for participating in a number of public initiatives, and, more specifically, with his position on current political events of 1897. Several texts are analysed, in which the ... -
ANTHOLOGIES OF FANTASTIC PROSE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CROATIAN ANTHOLOGICAL TRADITION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)This article deals with anthologies of Croatian literature, particularly with fantastic prose anthologies. The main aim of the article is to differentiate the types of fantastic prose models, to analyze the selection and ... -
BJØRNSON'S SHORT NOVEL „SYNNØVE SOLBAKKEN“ AND ITS TWO BULGARIAN TRANSLATIONS: LINGUISTIC ASPECTS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)This article focusеs on some special linguistic features of two different Bulgarian translations of Bjørnson's short novel “Synnøve Solbakken”. The first translation is based on a German version, while the second one – on ... -
THE BULGARIAN IMPERATIVE DA-CONSTRUCTIONS AND THEIR TRANSLATION EQUIVALENTS IN ITALIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The object of analysis is the Bulgarian da-imperative constructions and their functional equivalents in modern Italian. The paper present a brief overview of the previous research conducted by Bulgarian linguists on the ... -
CELTIC BORROWINGS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2020-10-20)In the course of its existence English was brought into contact with at least three other languages, the languages of the Celts, the Romans, and the Scandinavians. As a result of these contacts certain linguistic features ... -
CHARACTER PATTERNS AND CHARACTER CONSTRUCTS IN EMILIA DVORYANOVA’S AND VALERI STEFANOV’S NOVELS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The article offers a new approach to the characters in Emilia Dvoryanova’s and Valeri Stefanov’s novels by outlining the way these characters are constructed. Since the two writers are part of today’s literary context and ... -
COGNITIVE METAPHORS AS A MEANS FOR LANGUAGE DEMAGOGY IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN POLITICAL SPEECHES
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)Cognitive political metaphorology combines together the traditional scientific potential of the old rhetoric and new hyperdynamic linguistic constructs, which are an adequate reflection of the fast-developing society. ... -
COMPARISONS WITH ANIMALS IN THE WORKS OF THE SOFIA LITERARY SCHOOL
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The following report focuses on a topic which has not been studied yet. We examine comparisons with animals used in the original works of three authors, representatives of the Sofia Literary School. We analyze the ... -
COMPETITION OF DIALECT MODELS DURING THE BULGARIAN RENAISSANCE (PRELIMINARY STUDIES AND A WORKING HYPOTHESIS)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The incorporation and competition of dialect models during the Bulgarian Renaissance can be explained both with a number of extra-linguistic peculiarities and with deliberately enforced norms, which were probably motivated ... -
DESIGN AND STRUCTURE OF THE BULGARIAN RENAISSANCE PHRASEBOOKS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)This article addresses a current and unexplored topic in Bulgarian linguistics, related to bilingual colloquialists in the 19th century. The article deals with 11 phrasebooks from the Bulgarian Renaissance era. An attempt ... -
DO ALL MERMAIDS HAVE TAILS? (“INFORMATION DISTORTION” OF CULTURE-SPECIFIC MYTHONYMS)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2020-10-20)This work explores the twists in the meaning of the culture-specific mythonyms jiaoren, meirenyu, fenghuang and rusalka in the Chinese and Russian worldview. The work compares the representation of mythonyms in modern ... -
DOES GRAMMATICAL GENDER HAVE SEMANTICS? (OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENDER CATEGORY OF NOUNS IN BULGARIAN)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The present paper deals with the semantics of the lexical-grammatical category of gender in contemporary Bulgarian: the only issue related to that category, which scientists have certain disagreements about. We ... -
ELECTIVE AFFINITIES: CONCEPTUALIZATIONS ON TIME IN THE DIALOGUE BOTEV – RAKOVSKI
(Plovdiv University Press, 2020-10-20)The paper explores the poetic relationship between Georgi Rakovski and Hristo Botev through a comparative analysis of the time constructions in some of their works. It focuses on the reception of constructive elements from ... -
FANNY AND SUWELO: SHADES OF LOVE IN ALICE WALKER’S “THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2020-10-20)In the 1980s, African American literature and culture reached new heights. Many women authors composed masterpieces and received a lot of critical attention and acclaim. Alice Walker had already unsettled and divided the ... -
A FEW CHALLENGES TO NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS PRESENTED BY THE FUNCTIONAL-SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERSONALITY IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)While learning Bulgarian as a Foreign Language, students meet diverse challenges. In the present article, we examine a few of the main challenges offered by the functional-semantic field of Personality. To do so we rely ... -
FOCUS PROJECTION IN BULGARIAN ENGLISH FROM AN EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVE: COMPARISON WITH BRITISH ENGLISH
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)This paper investigates focus projection in Bulgarian English from an empirical perspective. The term Bulgarian English is used to refer to a variety of English spoken by English teachers who were born and have lived in ... -
FORMS OF INITIATION IN THE BOOK “THE LONELY WINDMILLS” BY STANISLAV STRATIEV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2020-10-20)The article examines the ways of initiation in the book “The Lonely Windmills” by Stanislav Startiev. In his early works, children enter the world of the grown-ups in various ways. The meeting between the world of ... -
FROM DALCHEV TO HÖLDERLIN: THE FIGURE OF DALCHEV IN BORIANA KATSARSKA’S “ANOTHER NAME” AND IN MIGLENA NIKOLCHINA’S “SORROW A LA DALCHEV”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The paper is focused on the reception of Dalchev by the poetical books of Miglena Nikolchina, “Sorrow a la Dalchev” (1994) and Boriana Katsarska, “Other Name” (1991). Both poets address the figure of Dalchev but from a ...