DEFENDED PHD THESES
PhD students in alphabetic order
Abadzhieva-Yordanova, Magdalena Stefanova
Aleksandrova, Snezhana Kocheva
Dyulgerova-Uzunova, Kremena Kamenova
Fuchedzhieva, Krasimira Georgieva
Halil-Konstantinova, Aliza Taysir
Petrova-Lyubenova, Viktoria Krasimirova
Simeonova, Kristiyana Simeonova
Kremena Kamenova Dyulgerova-Uzunova
/part-time PhD/
Organization of the dialect lexicon in lexico-semantic groups (based on materials from the Zlatograd dialect)
Research supervisor: prof. Luchia Stefanova Antonova-Vasileva
Date of public defence: 11 September 2023
Krasimira Georgieva Fuchedzhieva
/part-time PhD/
Semantic aspects of etymological analysis of Bulgarian verbs (on material from the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary)
Research supervisor: assoc. prof. Hristina Pelova Deykova
Date of public defence: 20 July 2023
Lora Ognyanova Zheleva
/part-time PhD/
Semantic structure of the nouns, formed by suffix -ик, in Bulgarian
Research supervisor: prof. Ruska Sabeva Stancheva
Date of public defence: 16 February 2023
➥ Dissertation abstract (Bulgarian) (Russian)
Teodora Plamenova Krasteva
/full-time PhD/
Stable comparisons in the Bulgarian and Russian languages – linguistic and linguocultural aspects
Research supervisor: assoc. prof. Palmira Radoslavova Legurska
Date of public defence: 9 January 2023
➥ Dissertation abstract (Bulgarian) (Russian)
Viktoria Krasimirova Petrova-Lyubenova
/full-time PhD/
Development of semi-automatic multilingual terminological resources
Research supervisor: prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 9 January 2023
➥ Dissertation abstract (Bulgarian) (Italian)
Tatyana Ivanovna Braga
/self-study PhD/
The Odessa damaskins from the collection of V. I. Grigorovich – part of the Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage. Paleography. Codicology. Dating
Research supervisor: prof. Elka Mircheva
Date of public defence: 16 August 2022
➥ Dissertation abstract (Bulgarian) (Russian)
Hristina Nikolova Kukova
/full-time PhD/
Formal Description of Perceptive and Mental Verbs in Bulgarian Language (Word Sense Disambiguation)
Research supervisor: prof. Radka Vlahova
Date of public defence: 9 June 2022
Aliza Taysir Halil-Konstantinova
/full-time PhD/
Vernacular Models of Naming Traditional Types of Alcoholic Drinks in the Bulgarian Dialects
Research supervisor: prof. Ana Kocheva
Date of public defence: 7 April 2022
Georgi Kostadinov Dzhumayov
/part-time PhD/
Application of Modern Technologies in Language Learning
Research supervisor: prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 21 December 2020
Snezhana Kocheva Aleksandrova
/full-time PhD/
Names related to clothing and its making
Research supervisor: assoc. prof. Mariyana Vitanova
Date of public defence: 16 November 2020
Adriana Borisova Hristova
/self-study PhD/
Linguistic characteristics of Bulgarian philosophy terminology
Research supervisor: prof. Maria Popova, Dsc
Date of public defence: 12 November 2020
Todor Dimitrov Lazarov
/full-time PhD/
Bulgarian-English grammatical parallels with a view to machine translation
Research supervisor: prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 19 June 2020
Zhaneta Todorova Zlateva
/full-time PhD/
The dynamics of dublets in the verbal system of modern Bulgarian language
Research supervisor: assoc. prof. Ruska Stancheva
Date of public defence: 18 June 2020
Magdalena Stefanova Abadzhieva-Yordanova
/full-time PhD/
Pavlikian literature in the history of the Bulgarian language
Research supervisor: prof. Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova
Date of public defence: 27 September 2017
Aneta Stoyanova Atanasova
/full-time PhD/
“The Verb System in Bulgarian Grammars Written in German from the Second Half of the 19th and the First Half of the 20th Century”
Research supervisor: prof. Vladko Murdarov, Dr. Sc.
Date of public defence: 13th October 2016
➥ Dissertation
Kristiyana Simeonova Simeonova
/self-study PhD/
“Linguistic Characteristics of the Modern Bulgarian Political Terminology”
Research supervisor: Corr. member Maria Popova, Dr. Sc.
Date of public defence: 26th September 2016
Gergana Atanasova Petkova
/self-study PhD/
“The System of Personal Names of Latin Origin in Slavic Languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Croatian and Czech)”
Research supervisor: Prof. Ivan Chobanov
Date of public defence: 30 June 2016
Vanina Ivanova Sumrova
/self-study PhD/
“New Feminine Nominals in Bulgarian”
Research supervisor: Prof. Siya Kolkovska
Date of public defence: 20 July 2015
➥ Dissertation
Margarita Yordanova Koteva
/full-time PhD/
“Names Associated with Food and its Preparation /Lexical-semantic Characteristics/”
Research supervisor: Assoc. prof. Slavka Keremidchieva
Date of public defence: 22 April 2015
➥ Dissertation
Mariya Andreeva Todorova
/full-time PhD/
“Typology and Features of Bulgarian Phraseology. Verbal Phraseology”
Research supervisor: Prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 25 March 2015
Georgi Emilov Iliev
/full-time PhD/
“Linguistically Motivated Optimisation in Machine Translation”
Research supervisor: Prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 4 December 2014
Valentina Ivanova Georgieva
/part-time PhD/
“A Contrastive Study of Bulgarian and English Military Terminology (in the Field of Peacekeeping Operations)”
Research supervisor: Cor. member prof. Mariya Popova
Date of public defence: 17 September 2014
➥ Dissertation
Iliyana Dimitrova Kuneva
/full-time PhD/
“Exclamatory and Command Sentences in Bulgarian”
Research supervisor: Prof. Meri Lakov
Date of public defence: 10 April 2014
Dimitar Radev Marinov
/self-study PhD/
“Onomastics of Bulgarian Villages in the North Region of the Moldovan Budzhak”
Research supervisor: Prof. Todor Balkanski
Date of public defence: 5 September 2013
Yordanka Atanasova Trifonova
/self-study PhD/
“Dynamics in the System of Proper Names in Bulgarian and Czech in the Late 20th Century”
Research supervisor: Prof. Liliya Krumova Tsvetkova
Date of public defence: 29 November 2012
➥ Dissertation
Svetlozara Ilieva Leseva
/part-time PhD/
“Lexical Semantics and Argument Realisation (with respect to Prefixed Verbs in Bulgarian)”
Research supervisor: Prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 11 October 2012
Ivelina Stoyanova Stoyanova
/part-time PhD/
“Automatic Recognition and Tagging of Multiword Expressions in Bulgarian”
Research supervisor: Prof. Svetla Koeva
Date of public defence: 26 July 2012
