СРАВНИТЕЛЕН АНАЛИЗ НА РЕЧЕВИЯ ЕТИКЕТ В БЪЛГАРСКИЯ И КИТАЙСКИЯ ЕЗИК

Author(s): Tian Jianjun / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

The aim of this article "Comparative analysis of speech etiquette in Bulgarian and Chinese language" is a Comparative Analysis of the specifics of speech etiquette in Bulgarian and Chinese language. Based on examples from everyday life are presented and analyzed several situations in salute, address, presentation, thanksgiving, application motive, compliments, etc., where most stand out differences or similarities in the culture of the two nations expressed through speech etiquette, whose ignorance leads to misunderstanding in communication. The article also outlined some national traditions that have the biggest impact on speech etiquette. The paper makes an appeal teaching of native speech etiquette for foreigners should be included in language learning.

ЗА ПРОУЧВАНИЯТА НА СИНТАКСИСА НА БЪЛГАРСКАТА РАЗГОВОРНА РЕЧ И НЯКОИ ОТ НЕГОВИТЕ НАЙ-ХАРАКТЕРНИ ЧЕРТИ

Author(s): Radoslav Tsonev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

The article examines some linguistic studies about syntax of Bulgarian colloquial speech and some of its most typical features: the expressiveness, the informality, the extreme subjectivity, the lack of preparation, the strong depending on situation, the absence of etiquette stiffness, the dominance of household themes, the increased activity of paralinguistic factors (facial expressions, gestures), the specific utterances and constructions etc.

PARTICULAR LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE ALBANIAN GREETINGS IN THE ENGLISH TEXTS OF THE EARLY AND MID 20th CENTURY

Author(s): Benita Stavre,Erinda Papa / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

Language is in itself an entity of units that reflect the national identity, the traditional awareness and the particular features in which people choose to organize their daily life. Greetings remain an interesting and, at the same time, a never exhausted study domain. They express significant features of the age, the gender, the social status and the relation between people involved in communication. They also become illustrations of the geographic environment, of the historic developments and of the way the mentality is materialized in the relation between people in a given country, from generation to generation and definitely from one culture to another. The paper intends to analyze particular features of the above linguistic means that inspire cultural exchange of mentality between two very different nations.

НАЗВАНИЯ ЗА ЖЕНА РОДИЛКА В БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ЕЗИК (СЕМАНТИЧЕН И СЛОВООБРАЗУВАТЕЛЕН АНАЛИЗ)

Author(s): Tsvetelina Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

The present paper aims to present some literary and dialectal terms and notions related to a woman in child-birth in the Bulgarian language, considering the importance of this physiological status of women since ancient times. The relevant names are grouped and sorted by Nomination signs depending on their onomasiological structure. For the sake of completeness, the excerpted lexemes are divided into categories of word-formation and a formative analysis is made of each of them. Inferences about the productivity of formants have been made.

POUR L’ANALYSE DE L’AUDIOVISUEL: CONTRAINTES LINGUISTIQUES ET SÉMIOTIQUES

Author(s): Lamiae Slaoui,Bouchra Berrada / Language(s): French Issue: XVI/2024

Our article mainly deals with the constraints relating to the specificities of audiovisual discourse. Admittedly, this one presents itself under a double aspect: the text and the image which lead to a plural interpretation of the whole making the reading more difficult. Our example of audiovisual discourse submitted for analysis is the fable « Le lion et le rat ». Among the studied linguistic elements, we can mention the lexicon and the prosody at the level of the text, and the space and the iconographic codes at the level of the image, aiming to finally arrive at the point of view adopted by the analysis, that of the complementarity of the two signs.

Предпочитания към конкуриращи се темпорални форми в подчинени изречения в съвременния български език. Анализ на данни от анкетно допитване

Author(s): Krasimira Aleksova,Danka Apostolova,Yana Sivilova,Laska Laskova,Mihaela Moskova,Diana Androva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2024

This study presents and discusses the results of a non-representative survey conducted with 3166 Вulgarian native speakers, investigating respondents’ preferences for competing temporal forms of verbs in different types of subordinate clauses, when the context expresses temporal features that the verb in the subordinate clause should carry. The hypothesis tested includes the expectation that both when choosing from suggested competing verb forms in the subordinate clause and in independently creating forms, respondents would prefer a less marked verb form, replacing the marked one due to syntagmatic (contextual) neutralization of one or more temporal oppositions. However, when choosing from suggested competing forms, it is possible, though not predominantly, for some respondents to opt for a more marked verb form.

INTERCULTURAL HUMOR: A BRIDGE OR A GAP BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS?

Author(s): Andrei-Lucian Marian / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 38/2024

This paper explores the complexity of intercultural humor, highlighting the challenges and opportunities it presents in an increasingly globalized world. Although humor is often considered a universal language, its ability to transcend cultural boundaries is limited by linguistic, social, and cultural differences. The study examines barriers that sometimes impede the understanding and appreciation of humor across different cultures, such as wordplay, cultural references, stereotypes, and the interpretation of various life situations. Additionally, concrete examples of intercultural humor are presented, including international adaptations of comedy series, slapstick humor, and the use of ethnic stereotypes, which demonstrate both commonalities and fundamental differences between cultures. Despite some barriers, intercultural humor can serve as a bridge between people, offering new perspectives and a deeper understanding of cultural diversity. The ability to navigate the complexities of intercultural humor is essential for effective communication and for building harmonious relationships between the world's diverse cultures.

A GENERAL CONVERSATION ON CONLANGS

Author(s): Ștefan Ghiran / Language(s): English Issue: 38/2024

Constructed languages seem to be what J.R.R. Tolkien names “A Secret Vice” of humanity and have been with us in one form of another for a long time. At the hight of the 19th century the fascination was with finding a universal language, but today they seem to be more prominent due to the media promoting them and at the same time they go unnoticed. Many language creators applied their craft to enrich fictional worlds, their own or otherwise, and in doing so managed to transform this “vice” into an artform where the prefix “art” in “artlang” stands for artistic, no longer for artificial. This article aims to present the history of artificial languages, some of the characteristics that might make such a language successful and attempts to follow the shift from understanding and using language creation as a tool in its previous stages to the artform it is today by combining elements of general linguistics with examples from various crafted languages.

ISSUES RELATED TO ADAPTATION OF NORMS ON PROPER SPEECH STYLES: THE CASE OF CHURCH DISCOURSES

Author(s): Evalda Paci / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2023

There is a substantially increased attention in recent decades to the most specific speech forms, which does directly include language and usages in texts and collections from close fields of culture and book writing; moreover, certain changes do simultaneously affect the restoration of relevant practices that many years ago were more common in our country. A rich tradition has appeared in early periods by authors who collected models related to contemporary developments, reforms in the field of reading, ecclesial and lithurgical culture followed centuries later by other developments, which were and remain utterly positive, both in their momentum and orientation.

LANGUAGE ECONOMY: ABBREVIATIONS AND EMOJI IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Author(s): Andrijana Kjose,Mira Bekar / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The pervasive influence of abbreviations and emoji in social media communication is a subject of contemporary analysis, revealing insights into their multifaceted roles and implications. Abbreviations not only foster brevity and readability but also serve as linguistic markers, signaling group membership and reinforcing social identities (Thurlow and Brown 2003). Emoji enrich textual content by imbuing it with affective nuances and contextual cues, facilitating cross-cultural communication and engendering empathy in online interactions (Derks et al. 2008). Individuals navigate an interplay between linguistic and visual cues, utilizing contextual clues to infer meanings. For this qualitative study, a cohort of 15 participants, both English and Macedonian speakers, engaging in a total of 150 conversations across prominent social media platforms and 10 posts with comments on Reddit, formed a corpus for analysis. . Textual data, were collected from diverse platforms including Viber, Reddit, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. The findings show that 1) participants use abbreviations and emoji for the purpose of language economy and the aforementioned enrich language; 2) expressing emotional states on social media is made easier with abbreviations and emoji. We hope this research will encourage other scholars from various discipline to address this topic from different angles.

Justice as Fairness in a Practical Context

Author(s): Andreas Chetkowski / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024

This paper deals with John Rawls (1921-2002) and his work A Theory of Justice (1975), which Rawls himself calls “justice as fairness.” Basically, his theory is understood as distributive justice. In this context, on the one hand, important aspects of his theory will be explained, and on the other hand, the applicability of his basic ideas on the level of politics will be discussed. In order to trace the justice debate within political ethics a classification between equality ideals as well as a division between deontological and consequentialist theories of justice are carried out.

ЕЗИКЪТ НА СБОРНИКА „ЦЪРКОВЕН ЦВЕТНИК“ НА ИВАН Н. МОМЧИЛОВ (Фонетични особености)

Author(s): Ivo Bratanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The report highlights the most significant phonetic features of the language used by the renowned leader of the Bulgarian National Revival Ivan N. Momchilov in his collection “Tsarkoven tsvetnik” (“Liturgical Anthology”), published by “Knigoprodavnitsa Momchilov & Co.” in 1869. The report features the most distinctive language structures, which offer the Renaissance writer a wide range of options.

РЕЧНИКЪТ НА ПЕРКУ ДУПЦА – МАЛКО ИЗВЕСТЕН ИЗВОР ЗА ЛЕКСИКАТА НА БАНАТСКИЯ ГОВОР

Author(s): Magdalena Abadzhieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The article examines for the first time the Dictionary of Perku Duptsa, entitled “The vocabulary of the Banat dialect. Supplement” (2004). The author lived in the city of Vinga, Romanian Banat. Perku Duptsa was editing Stoyko Stoykov’s fundamental study “The Vocabulary of the Banat dialect”. The dictionary of Perku Duptsa has not been studied so far and proves the efforts of the Banat Bulgarians to preserve their written heritage and find agreement on a common spelling.

Annemrie Sorescu-Marinković, Mihai Dragnea, Thede Kahl, Blagovest Njagulov, Donlald L. Dyer, and Angelo Costnzo, eds. The Romance-Speaking Balkans: Language and Politics of Identity

Author(s): Ela Cosma / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Review of: Annemrie Sorescu-Marinković, Mihai Dragnea, Thede Kahl, Blagovest Njagulov, Donlald L. Dyer, and Angelo Costnzo, eds. The Romance-Speaking Balkans: Language and Politics of Identity Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2021.

Прояви на нетикета в социалните мрежи

Author(s): Stefka Aleksandrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The study examines the etiquette greeting formulas for conveying pragmatic intentions, characteristic of netiquette in social networks. The specifics of the Internet language were also reviewed. The focus of the research is on the expression of politeness as a condition for successful communication in the most widespread form of the virtual community through which interactions and relationships between individuals and groups of people are created and maintained – Facebook. We accept Facebook as a virtual public scene that reflects the new conditions and conventions of real interpersonal communication. The excerpted material is from four Facebook groups with diverse interests.

Exploring the Socio-Technical Imaginary of Artificial General Intelligence in The Bard Large Language Model: A Narrative Analysis on Perspectives and Dialectics

Author(s): Ljubiša M. Bojić / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024

The 2022 release of ChatGPT sparked widespread discussions on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Through a detailed examination of an interview with Bard, a large language model, the study uncovers narratives of optimism and pessimism regarding AGI's future implications. It found a higher leaning towards optimism about AGI's potential effects, extending from education, arts, and relationships, to economy and space exploration. Conversely, pessimistic views pointed out potential downsides, such as unemployment, political instability, and media manipulation. The study also identified four primary AGI themes - the relationship between humans and AGI, AGI acquiring a physical form, AGI simulating a universe, and the responsible utilization of AGI. These insights aid in understanding the complex socio-technical imaginary surrounding AGI. The study has its limitations as it is based solely on the responses provided by Bard during its test phase. Additional research may reveal changes in AGI discourse representation as the model evolves.

Концепциите за достъпен/лесен език в контекста на устната реч

Author(s): Andreana Eftimova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

The article examines the theoretical understanding of the need to language tailoring that provide accessible communication. The problems on which the researchers are working are presented: the essence and peculiarities of the language varieties of the plain (PL) and easy (EL) language, their status in the context of the other language variants. The principles of adapting speech in OE and LE are derived and their application in writing guides prepared by media and institutions is discussed. A review of writing guides for general audiences in the media and in institutions shows that intuitively derived internal standards for accessible communication operate in practice. However, there is a lack of a consistent and unified description of strategies for making the language accessible to a wide audience. Therefore, the tailoring of PL and the preparation of descriptions and guidelines for the implementation of this language variety can, on the one hand, benefit from the results in the research of conversational and oral communication, and on the other hand, regulate the efforts to achieve accessible communication of the institutions and the media with citizens.

Рецензия на монография: Т. В. Терзиева. „Терминология автомобилестроения: стилистический, структур¬но-семантический и лекси-кографический аспекты“

Author(s): Gocho Gochev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

Reminiscences of the Bulgarian-Paulician Past in the Cioplea Community: from Residual Culture to an Ethnic Revival Paradigm

Author(s): Ilie-Cătălin Grigore,Marius Oanță / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024

The community of Cioplea developed itself on two main cultural coordinates: a religious one, of Catholic expression, and an ethnic one, Paulician, which was also derived, in the latter instance, from a religious substrate. However, in its continuous identity development, a new factor emerged: the Bulgarian cultural heritage. For the 19th-century Cioplea villager who recently moved to Wallachia, the Bulgarian space represented a lost paradise, a nostalgia that was amplified in the case of this countryless population and religionless ecclesia, such as the Paulician one. By testing this hypothesis, the present study tries to quantify the influence of all these factors, while also taking into account what we might consider a true identity complex: although a genuine historical instinct of self-preservation prevented them from being assimilated into the host populations, stimulating specific differences from others, the Paulician micro-communities became fragmented and isolated from one another by this practice. In this sense, is no wonder that the villagers from Cioplea, although sharing common ancestors with the inhabitants of Popesti-Leordeni, have always claimed cultural differences from them in terms of dialect, customs, traditional clothing, etc. Even if recent studies have analysed the meaning of home for diaspora communities, is likely possible that those terms – diaspora and home – have a completely different meaning for Bulgarian Paulicians. Pointing out those moments in the historical timeline of people from Cioplea that led to the alteration and distancing of the cultural roots with which they came here could also indicate paradigms that they could follow to revive this community in accordance with the most intimate meaning of the word home.

Popularizační dialog českých bohemistů s jejich čtenáři v průběhu tří čtvrtin století

Author(s): Jana Hoffmannová / Language(s): Czech Issue: 4-5/2024

The article builds on existing definitions of the popularizing style and investigates how the main features of this style are realized in short texts popularizing Czech linguistics and linguistic findings about Czech. The paper is based on texts by Czech linguists throughout the last 75 years: 23 books published since 1948 and 330 contemporary texts published by the scholars of the Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in various newspapers and magazines. It focuses on genre characteristics of these texts, most often referred to as “jazykové koutky” (literally “language corners”), but also as columns, glosses, feuilletons, reflections or essays – i.e., genres that are similar in their hybrid nature and informal expression. The stylistic analysis focuses on the dialogical nature of these texts, on the contact between the author and the reader, as projected into the texts. The results of a comparison between older popularization texts (roughly from the second half of the 20th century) and the most recent texts, from 2019–2024, are also presented: in the most recent texts, subjectivization, individualization, emphasized contact, and bringing authors closer to their intended readers come to the forefront significantly, while at same time the entertainment value, playfulness, and wittiness increase.