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    • A FEW CHALLENGES TO NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS PRESENTED BY THE FUNCTIONAL-SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERSONALITY IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN 

      Goranova, Slaveyah; Горанова, Славея (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 

      Dimitrov, Georgi (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 ...
    • FROM DALCHEV TO HÖLDERLIN: THE FIGURE OF DALCHEV IN BORIANA KATSARSKA’S “ANOTHER NAME” AND IN MIGLENA NIKOLCHINA’S “SORROW A LA DALCHEV” 

      Zemyarska, Francheska; Земярска, Франческа (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 ...
    • GRAMMATICAL AND FUNCTIONAL-SEMANTIC EQUIVALENTS OF THE BULGARIAN VERBAL ASPECTS IN MODERN GREEK 

      Dimitrova, Desislava; Димитрова, Десислава (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      The object of the present comparative research are the grammatical and functional-semantic equivalents of the Bulgarian verbal aspects in Modern Greek. The goal of the study is to identify the acts of inter-language ...
    • “HOW TO PREVENT WAR“ – THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND SNAKES (BASED ON THE WORKS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF) 

      Andonova, Vanessa; Андонова, Ванеса (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      This paper provides an examination of the relationship between theory and practice. It is based on Virginia Woolf’s theoretical views explicated in two of her essays: “A Room of One's Own” (1929) and its companion piece – ...
    • THE ISSUE OF THE LEXICAL CONCEPT IN LINGUISTIC LITERATURE 

      Vihrogonova, Hristina; Вихрогонова, Христина (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      This article discusses the different definitions of the term CONCEPT in Russian and American linguistic literature. Presented are the scientific opinions of the Russian linguists Sternin and Popova on the structure and ...
    • THE JEDWABNE TRAUMA IN TADEUSZ SŁOBODZIANEK’S “OUR CLASS“ 

      Yanev, Kristiyan; Янев, Кристиян (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      The paper is focused on the artistic works inspired by the recent public debates in Poland regarding the country’s past and the difficult Polish-Jewish relations during the World War II, which were initiated by the ...
    • JUDGES AND DEFENDANTS IN ANGEL IGOV'S NOVEL “KROTKITE” (“THE MEEK”) 

      Marinova, Dora; Маринова, Дора (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      The task of this text is to track how the novel “Krotkite” (“The Meek”) by Angel Igov presents one of the most emblematic images connected with the processes that began in Bulgaria following September 9th, 1944 – the ...
    • LANGUAGE “ARCHEOLOGY” OF SOME LEXICAL GROUPS IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN 

      Markova, Diana; Мъркова, Диана (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 ...
    • THE „LYRICAL“ MEMOIRS OF DORA GABE – MEMORY AND OBLIVION 

      Kashilska, Teodora; Кашилска, Теодора (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 

      Ruseva, Maria; Русева, Мария (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 ...
    • MANAGING NEOLOGISMS AND POLYSEMY IN BULGARIAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH 

      Kumcheva, Elizabet (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 ...
    • MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AS A MEANS OF READING COMPREHENSION TRAINING 

      Marinova, Tsanka; Маринова, Цанка (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 ...
    • MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCES AND ARCHETYPES IN “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE” 

      Lateva, Trayana; Латева, Траяна (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 ...
    • ON A SPECIFIC TYPE OF ANAPHORA IN BULGARIAN. AN APPLICATION OF EXISTING TYPOLOGIES 

      Kancheva, Zara; Кънчева, Зара (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      The paper attempts to present an adaptation of the existing typology of associative anaphora. The chosen model is based on a scheme that has already been used in a previous annotation project and whose validity has been ...
    • ON SOME PROBLEMS OF WH-QUESTIONS IN BULGARIAN 

      Krasteva, Hristiana; Кръстева, Христиана (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      The research is focused on the different functions of the Bulgarian whwords koy and kakvo, namely cases in which they function as an adjective and cases in which they function as a noun. The theoretical base of the research ...
    • ON THE IRISH VARIETY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

      Mitarcheva, Irina; Митърчева, Ирина (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      The article traces the development of the English language in Ireland, both North and South. It offers an overview of the history and the present-day forms of the Irish variety of English. The nature of the interference ...
    • PARADISE OR WAR: WOMANHOOD IN TONI MORRISON’S PARADISE 

      Boneva, Bozhidara; Бонева, Божидара (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      Toni Morrison’s novel Paradise completes her acclaimed trilogy, which traces the experiences of African-Americans through significant historical times. The novel documents the attempts of a community to lay the foundations ...
    • PENYO PENEV AND DIMITROVGRAD – A COMBINED MYTHICAL PAST 

      Mincheva, Milena; Минчева, Милена (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      In this paper the author examines the mythological aspects of the city of Dimitrovgrad and the figure of the poet Penyo Penev, the genealogy and development of these myths, as well as their continuous presence in modern ...
    • PEOPLE-DENOTING NOUS IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN WITH TURKISH DERIVATIONAL 

      Kutsarova, Sema; Куцарова, Сема (Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)
      In linguistics, it is a commonly accepted fact that world languages are not isolated from one another. People communicate with each other and establish historical, religious, political and economic ties. As a result of ...