Category: 2025_IIBE-XXXVIII
Bulgarian language at the academic level in Japan – current state and perspectives
Magdalena Vassileva St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Abstract The information about the Bulgarian language courses taught at the academic level in Japan is limited and we could hardly find any research on the topic. While not as widespread as the study of major global languages such as English, Chinese, or […]
Read More → Bulgarian language at the academic level in Japan – current state and perspectivesSemantic shift in speech verbs (in view of etymological analysis)
Krasimira Fuchedzhieva Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubоmir Andreychin”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Abstract This study presents several models of semantic development for Bulgarian verbs of different origins. It examines a part of the vast lexico-semantic field of verbs for speaking in Bulgarian, in particular analysing the semantics and etymology of verbs with the […]
Read More → Semantic shift in speech verbs (in view of etymological analysis)Judeo-Spanish and Bulgarian vowels in contact: the effect of word stress across speaking styles
Mitko Sabeva, Bistra Andreevaa, Christoph Gabrielb, Jonas Grünkec Saarland Universitya, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainzb, University of Regensburgc, Germany Abstract: We present an acoustic analysis of Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish vowels, comparing them to the bilingual speakers’Bulgarian vowels and those of monolingual Bulgarians. Careful and spontaneous speaking styles were examined, focusing on stress-induced variation, given Bulgarian’s height-neutralising vowel […]
Read More → Judeo-Spanish and Bulgarian vowels in contact: the effect of word stress across speaking stylesPragmatic aspects of the aorist–imperfect competition in complex compound sentences with subordinate clauses expressing time relations
Mihaela Moskova Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubоmir Andreychin”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Abstract: The present study examines complex sentences with subordinate clauses expressing time relations introduced by the relative adverb while. What distinguishes this type of sentence is that it describes events whose course is interrelated, maintaining temporal alignment. The focus of the […]
Read More → Pragmatic aspects of the aorist–imperfect competition in complex compound sentences with subordinate clauses expressing time relationsИдентифициране на фокуса в българското изречение
Eleonora Yovkova-Shii University of Toyama, Japan Abstract This paper deals with the problem of focus and its realization in the information structure of the simple declarative sentence in the written Bulgarian language. The aim of the study is to examine and verify the observations made already about focus in some previous studies on the base […]
Read More → Идентифициране на фокуса в българското изречениеActivity predicates in the linguistic literature: concepts, problems, solutions
Svetlozara Leseva, Hristina Kukova, Valentina Stefanova, Maria Todorova Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubоmir Andreychin”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Abstract The study presents various postulations of activity predicates, as presented in both foreign and Bulgarian linguistics with a view to outlining activities as an aspectual class and outlining their main properties in comparison with […]
Read More → Activity predicates in the linguistic literature: concepts, problems, solutionsTypes of classifications of verb semantics and the place of verbs of activity among them – problems and solutions
Maxim Stamenov Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubоmir Andreychin”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Abstract The present publication reviews the main classifications of verbs on actional (aspectual) and thematic basis. Stepping on this analysis, an alternative ontological classification is proposed, which is based on the paradigm of the-body-in-the-mind, i.e., depending on the nature of the […]
Read More → Types of classifications of verb semantics and the place of verbs of activity among them – problems and solutionsFiniteness and the subjunctive: the case of Bulgarian da constructions from a contrastive perspective
Iliyana Krapova Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice, Italy Abstract This paper explores the morphosyntactic properties of the so-called Balkan subjunctive constructions, with a focus on Bulgarian da-clauses. Building on typological and generative approaches to finiteness, the study argues for a three-way classification of dacomplements depending on their syntactic structure and semantic interpretation: monoclausal (event-level), biclausal […]
Read More → Finiteness and the subjunctive: the case of Bulgarian da constructions from a contrastive perspective