Правописът на Марин Дринов – минало, съвременност, бъдъште

Author(s): Peter K. Petrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1-2/2015

Marin Drinov’s views on the structure of the new Bulgarian literary and mainly – unified Bulgarian spelling are a significant portion of his versatile scientific work. The article focuses on these views. And its author Peter Petrov observes spelling closest to that of Marin Drinov. The paper is published without editorial intervention.

Написаното остава. Пиши правилно

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2017

Изграждане на социолингвистична компетентност в контекста на смесеното обучение за медицински цели

Author(s): Teodora Valova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

This paper examines improving sociolinguistic competence as a basic element of communicative competence in Second Language Acquisition. The study presents and analyzes data from research of “frequency” and “logic” properties of comparisons in Bulgarian language learning as foreign for medical students in blended learning environment with using literary texts. Methods of Scaling were used to carry out the study. The results and their analysis are relevant to establishing the didactic potential of learning in EasyClass online platform. Emphasis is placed on the role in mediating of literary text on the understanding of the specific rhetorical functions of comparisons and their extension into a middle linguistic register relevant to the purpose of patient-centered communication.

Съдържателни аспекти на образователните програми по класически езици и класическа древност на Балканите (Сърбия и Румъния)

Author(s): Mirena Slavova,Yoana Sirakova,Boris Vounchev,Lyuba Radulova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2016

This text presents in detail the content of the curricula and programs related to the study of classical languages and classical antiquity in Serbia and Romania. According to higher education and the study of classical languages in programs, different from the specialized bachelor programs, such is being offered in Serbia in just a few places for some philological majors (such as "Romance Studies").The most practiced training mainly in Latin Language for non-professionals is being observed in Romania. Such training is included in bachelor programs of Historical, Theological and Legal Department.

No compre sin ton ni son (или „Не купувайте безразборно“)

Author(s): Galina Hitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

Learning a foreign language implicates getting acquainted with the culture of that language and media provide many opportunities for getting to know different aspects of a country. At the same time the presentation of the cultural aspects of a country through media is diverse and attractive to both teacher and students. The advertisements being an essential element of media culture and a mean for social communication represent authentic and comprehensible aid utilising contemporary language specifics can be perfectly combined with the methodology of language learning. The use of advertisements as aid in Spanish language classes makes the education process interactive and gives the students an opportunity to achieve an integrated communication competence on both language and cultural level.

Концепт „капуста“/„зеле“ в русской и болгарской лингвокультурах

Author(s): Irina Manova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 4/2016

The paper offers a parallel comparative analysis of the concept “cabbage” (капуста/зеле) in the Bulgarian and Russian linguacultures. The theoretical part of the article contains a brief account of the achievements of the Bulgarian linguaculturology. The analytical part embraces the semantic variants of the lexemes капуста/зеле in each of the two linguacultures, their cognate words as well as idiomatic expressions, proverbs, sayings and pieces of folklore containing these components. The analysis shows that in the Bulgarian linguaculture the word “cabbage” has mainly negative connotations. On the contrary, due to the fact that cabbage was a basic product in the traditional Russian diet, in the Russian linguaculture капуста has more positive connotations.

Мифы о русском языке, или о формах наивной лингвистики в интернете

Author(s): Valeriy Efremov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 4/2016

Internet as a new form of existence of language becomes the new mirror to reflect a variety of myths about language. The Internet impacts contemporary language and speech giving new forms of naive linguistics: (1) Linguofreaks develop a new folk etymology (2) Jargon padonkaff represents naive culture studies and linguistic resistance (3) Grammar Nazi is an example of naive language policy and speech culture (4) Wictionary is the form of naive lexicography. All this internet-movements contain their myths about the Russian language.

За неизбежното завръщане на граматиката

Author(s): Evgeniya Vucheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

The main issues discussed in the text are connected to grammatical competence at all levels of FLT and its close relation with overall communicative competence. In search of a balance between the explicit (deductive, formal and theoretical) and implicit (inductive, communicative, practical) approaches, the article offers a holistic method for the teaching of grammar, including three levels(which basically correspond to the levels of foreign language command according to the Common European Framework): foreign language learning is effectuated by means of a smooth transition from deductive to inductive teaching methods.

Чуждите езици в българските закони

Author(s): Antonia Radkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

This article presents the use of foreign languages in Bulgarian statutory texts. Bulgarian law regulates the usage, knowledge, prohibition or obligation to use foreign languages in different spheres of public life. Legal stipulations concerning foreign languages are classified as obligation, prohibition, restriction, promotion and construal.

Дидактика и превод. Школският метод „психагогия“ и синонимните биноми в българската преводна практика през ранния XIX век

Author(s): Dragomira Valtcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

This paper puts forth the thesis that the early translations into Modern Bulgarian (2nd quarter of the 19th century) were profoundly influenced by the methods of teaching Ancient Greek authors which had been used ever since the Byzantine period. A focus is put on a particular translation technique consisting in the abundant use of synonymic binomials to replace single lexical items of the source text. It is argued that this technique has its origins in a traditional teaching method known as “psychagogia” which was largely applied in Greek education during the Ottoman period (1453-1821).

Актуалните тенденции в лингвистиката в полза на чуждоезиковото обучение

Author(s): Krasimira Aleksova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

Système d’exercices sur la macrostructure du texte

Author(s): Anélia Brambarova / Language(s): French Issue: 3/2016

The article helps Foreign Language teachers that would like to employ in their classroom a more varied idea to work with texts, namely what text linguistics has on offer. A system of 15 progressively compounding and building text-work activities is presented.

Езикът на „Писменница на славянскiй-а языкъ“ на Иван Н. Момчилов (Правописни, фонетични и граматични особености)

Author(s): Ivo Bratanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 17/2019

The report highlights the most significant spelling, phonetic and grammatical features of the language used by the renowned leader of the Bulgarian National Revival Ivan Momchilov in the book “Pismenitsa na slavyanskiya yazyk” (“The grammar of Slavonic language”). The report features the most distinctive language structures, which offer the Renaissance writer a wide range of options.

The Prefix Na- in Bulgarian Verbs: a Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Author(s): Svetlana Nedelcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2019

This study analyses the cognitive semantics of the Bulgarian verbal prefix na- ‘on, onto’ and aims to reveal its core meaning. Using a comprehensive inventory of corpora examples, the analysis distinguishes a few subgroups of na-verbs pointing out how apparently distinct meanings correspond to the central spatial meaning in the semantic network of the spatial particle na(-) and how the different meanings of the prefix na- relate to each other. The focus is particularly on the relation between spatial and non-spatial meanings, and on the application of conceptual metaphors that contribute to a consistent and motivated meaning network of na-.

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher's Perceptions and Use of Mobile Devices and Applications

Author(s): Elias Bensalem / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

This paper reports on a study of how a group of tertiary level EFL teachers perceived and used mobile devices in their teaching and personal learning. One hundred and fifty teachers (66 female, 84 male) from public universities in Saudi Arabia completed an online questionnaire. Results showed that the majority of participants used mobile devices and applications in their teaching and learning. Survey data showed that the vast majority of teachers had positively perceived and frequently used mobile technologies in their teaching and personal learning. In addition, there was a correlation between teachers’ use of mobile technologies in their teaching and their use in learning. There was also a correlation between how teachers perceived the value of mobile technologies in learning, and how they use them in their teaching.

Morocco e-Readiness Assessment: University Contribution

Author(s): Abdelmajid Bouziane,Rachid Elaasri / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The main purpose of this study is to explore the critical issues that impede an effective implementation of information communication technology (ICT) as related to higher education (HE) in Morocco. An e-readiness survey based on Harvard e-readiness assessment framework is administered in order to check the role of university in getting Morocco e-ready. First, a diagnosis is done at the level of preparedness of Moroccan institutions in networked areas of access, society, economy and policy. The data was collected from the annual reports of Moroccan Telecommunications regulations agency (ANRT), reports from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Global Information Technology Report (NRI), quantitative and qualitative surveys from previous research studies, and statistical websites. The findings reveal that Morocco has, apart from networked economy and local digital content, a fairly advanced e-readiness status in other indicators in the model of Harvard Centre of International Development. Ironically, such findings show that it is the Moroccan university that needs to catch up with society.

Активный русско-болгарский словарь сочетаемости

Author(s): Nadezhda Deleva / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2020

The article examines pairs of Russian-Bulgarian lexical units characterized by a high degree of formal and semantic similarity. Specific examples confirm the thesis that the dictionary article is a comprehensive and illustrative form for presenting the results of a comparative study. The dictionary articles are developed in accordance with the principles of active lexicography. The different meanings of lexical units are differentiated and detailed, and a much larger amount of information about their compatibility, their pragmatic and cultural features is provided. This model can also be applied in teaching the Russian language to Bulgarians.

Словакистиката в чужбина и лекторатите по словашки език и култура по света

Author(s): Miloslav Vojtech / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The paper discusses Slovak studies abroad focusing on lectorates of Slovak language and culture worldwide. It describes a current form of their functioning based on international bilateral contracts and contracts between universities, as well as the position of Slovak studies in the frame of philological and Slavic education at foreign universities, and current dynamics reflected in numbers of lectors (since some lectorates abroad were closed whereas others were established). The paper also mentions criteria for lectors of Slovak language and culture abroad, namely qualification requirements, selection process, models of financing lectorates as well as issues related to the labour code and legal issues. The paper also describes forms of the methodical support for lectors in the area of Slovak as a foreign language, namely preparing and distributing didactic materials, textbooks and methodical guidelines, seminars, summer schools, scholarships, mobilities, as well as accredited programmes of further professional preparation of lectors

A Semantic Description of the Combinability between Verbs and Nouns (on Material from Bulgarian and English)

Author(s): Svetlozara Leseva,Ivelina Stoyanova,Maria Todorova,Hristina Kukova / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

This paper represents a methodology for defining restrictions on the semantic combinability between different semantic classes of verbs and the sets of nouns corresponding to the elements of their conceptual frame (i.e. the major participants in the situation described). Our observations focus on verb synsets from WordNet and their assigned FrameNet frames which mutually inform each other. We analyse the semantic information typical for each of the studied verb classes and define semantic restrictions on the nouns they combine with. The theoretical and empirical value of the provided semantic representations and restrictions lies in the enhanced modelling of verb-noun combinability which is universal enough to be applicable not only to the languages exemplified (English and Bulgarian), but (with possible modifications) to various other languages for which wordnets are available.

Metaphor in Logistics Terminology

Author(s): Galina Velikova / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

The purpose of this study is to attempt to present a systematized view on the contemporary understanding of metaphor, its essence, structure and manifestations in the discourse of logistics. Various classifications of metaphor are reviewed, and a new one is offered using the lexico-semantic method as well as based on and supported by the examples excerpted from a large corpus compiled especially for the study. It is worthwhile noting that metaphor can be viewed in many different ways, however, it will be explored here with regard to its manifestations in logistics terminology. The topic is worth discussing as metaphor provides better term recognition and comprehension. The findings can be relevant when teaching English for Logistics.