Author: Maria Todorova
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN BULGARIAN PRESIDENTS’ INAUGURATION SPEECHES (The ritual in the political language)
Yoanna Kirilova Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract One of the most important features of the inauguration is that it is a verbalized ritual, corresponding to an initiation rite. This performative speech act, by its very nature, relates to the ancient man’s understanding of the power of the creative word. The purpose […]
Read More → STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN BULGARIAN PRESIDENTS’ INAUGURATION SPEECHES (The ritual in the political language)EXPLAINED WORDS IN THE MIDDLE RHODOPE REVIVAL WRITTEN MONUMENTS WITH GREEK LETTERING (Features and trends in vocabulary variation)
Georgi Mitrinov Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The study of vocabulary in Revival written monuments is important for the history of the Bulgarian language. The article deals with the lexical features of middle Rhodopes Revival written monuments. The vocabulary of foreign origin (Greek and Turkish) included in the texts is compared. […]
Read More → EXPLAINED WORDS IN THE MIDDLE RHODOPE REVIVAL WRITTEN MONUMENTS WITH GREEK LETTERING (Features and trends in vocabulary variation)ON SOME BULGARIAN-POLISH PARALLELS IN THE FIELD OF COLLOQUIAL LEXIS
Petar Sotirov Maria Curie-Sklodovska University in Lublin Abstract The subject of the study is the Bulgarian and Polish colloquial lexis in a comparative aspect. The main aim is to present some problems, results of previous studies and guidelines for future research in this field. The main sources for the language data are Bulgarian and Polish […]
Read More → ON SOME BULGARIAN-POLISH PARALLELS IN THE FIELD OF COLLOQUIAL LEXISThe Historical Church Heritage from Bulgarian Revival in Western Thrace and Eastern Aegean Macedonia II. Inscriptions on Icons and Cloaks
Georgi Mitrinov Institute for Bulgarian language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The article studies the inscriptions (Cyrillic and Greek) on the icons and cloaks of former Bulgarian churches in the Western Thrace and Eastern Aegean Macedonia. It presents new data on the Bulgarian ecclesiastical and historical heritage in the geographical area under consideration. In this […]
Read More → The Historical Church Heritage from Bulgarian Revival in Western Thrace and Eastern Aegean Macedonia II. Inscriptions on Icons and CloaksThe Orthography Profile of a Bulgarian Clerk of 1889 (Sofia Region)
Margaret Dimitrova Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Abstract This paper discusses the spelling of an administrative document of 1889 describing the clothing in Sofia region. Ten years after the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule, the governors of the different regions of the liberated country were asked by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to […]
Read More → The Orthography Profile of a Bulgarian Clerk of 1889 (Sofia Region)QUO VADIS BULGARIAN STUDIES: PROF. MACHIEL KIEL ON BULGARIA AND BULGARIANS. PART II
Maxim Stamenov Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract Why Bulgarian studies? Each professional in the field has a personal story to tell on the subject. For Bulgarians, it is a matter of definite interest to find out why a foreigner may choose to dedicate their professional life to Bulgaria and Bulgarians instead […]
Read More → QUO VADIS BULGARIAN STUDIES: PROF. MACHIEL KIEL ON BULGARIA AND BULGARIANS. PART IIDIASTRATY AND DIACHRONY. CHANGES IN THE LEXIS OF MEDIEVAL BULGARIAN MANUSCRIPTS
Vanya Micheva Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract The paper examines the lexical changes in two copies of Hagiography of s. Mary of Egypt and in two texts of Hagiography of s. Paraskeva. The first copy of Hagiography of s. Mary of Egypt is in Bdinski zbornik from 14th c. and the […]
Read More → DIASTRATY AND DIACHRONY. CHANGES IN THE LEXIS OF MEDIEVAL BULGARIAN MANUSCRIPTSQuo Vadis Bulgarian Studies: Prof. Machiel Kiel on Bulgaria and Bulgarians. Part I
Maxim Stamenov Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract Why Bulgarian studies? Each professional in the field has a personal story to tell on the subject. For Bulgarians it is a matter of definite interest to find out why a foreigner may choose to dedicate their professional life to Bulgaria and Bulgarians instead […]
Read More → Quo Vadis Bulgarian Studies: Prof. Machiel Kiel on Bulgaria and Bulgarians. Part IProperties of the Noun Attachment Site for Relative Clauses in Bulgarian
Svetla Koeva Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Abstract Тhe study is part of a wider research that examines different aspects of clause linkage in Bulgarian. A definition for a clause is formulated to draw up the scope of the study. The semantic features of the noun attachment site are presented: subject, complement, […]
Read More → Properties of the Noun Attachment Site for Relative Clauses in BulgarianGrammatical Meaning and Types of Grammaticalization
Vera Marovska The Paisiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv Abstract The research paper focuses on the specific character of the grammatical features and some particular cases of grammaticalization in the contemporary Bulgarian language. The grammatical feature could be expressed by one morpheme; it could be a categorically new combination of grammatical features and a combination of […]
Read More → Grammatical Meaning and Types of Grammaticalization