THE DICHOTOMY IMPLICIT / EXPLICIT LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Author(s): Mariana Gotseva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

The article looks into the dichotomy implicit/explicit learning and knowledge in the context of learning English as a second or foreign language, strongly influenced by the findings of experimental and cognitive psychology studies. The dichotomy originated in cognitive psychology, which differentiates between implicit and explicit learning and treats them as distinct processes, related to separate memory systems. Human beings do certain things, such as walking or making simple utterances in their mother tongue, with little insight into the nature of the processes involved, i.e. they are learned implicitly, just like birds learn to fly. Other abilities, such as calculating, playing chess or using a computer, depend on knowing how to do them, i.e. they are learned explicitly. Both cognitive psychology and language learning studies have been trying to work out what aspects of L2 can be learned implicitly and what mechanisms of explicit learning are available to learners. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers, in their turn, have focused on the identification of the processes involved in the two types of learning, the ways in which they could be manipulated through instruction, and the type of knowledge resulting from these processes. The article also reviews how the dichotomy has been treated and interpreted by various fields of study, in an attempt to clarify its meaning and application to research in second language acquisition.

L’INTERROGATION DANS LE DISCOURS DE LA BANDE DESSINÉE : VALEURS LINGUISTIQUES ET ÉNONCIATIVES

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

This article deals with the values of questioning in comics discourse. The term “value”, which has a linguistic character, manifests itself in the form of particular, linguistic and enunciative aspects, which gives to the said discourse a meaning and guides its interpretation. In many cases relating to this type of discourse, linguistic processes support its content. In this respect, we evoke linguistic functioning where questioning is both a linguistic process and a marker of a dynamic situation which governs the understanding of the reactions and emotions of the characters. Just as the notion of subjectivity and modality is essential since it stimulates more reflection on the field of pragmatics, and in no way exempts the urgency of analyzing the questions as speech acts. This is why it is supposed to study the functions of questioning, which have gone beyond linguistics to arrive at the field of didactics, hence the need to stop at the means which govern the functioning of this type of speech.

Свободните словесни асоциации и тяхната (не)достатъчност при изследването на менталния лексикон

Author(s): Velka Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The present paper makes an attempt to analyze cognitively certain types of free verbal associations. It further dwells on the issue of their IN / EFFiciency viewed as an empirical basis in the vocabulary research in Bulgarian language ontogenesis domain. The paper particularly focuses on 9 associative articles taken from the Associative dictionary of 100 Bulgarian children at the age of 5-6 [Popova 2000] and from BULGARIAN NORMS IN VERBAL ASSOCIATIONS (BNVA) [Gerganov 1987].

Концептуализация времен года в русской и болгарской ментальности

Author(s): Valentina Avramova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2015

The article analyzes the accumulemas spring, summer, autumn and winter which comprise the concept of seasons. Their constituent general and specific semes in Russian and Bulgarian mentality are outlined by means of cognitive and linguocultural analysis

Баница, пицца или пирог? К вопросу о реализации культурной обусловленности метафоры в русских и болгарских медиатекстах

Author(s): Elena Stoyanova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2015

In modern science the metaphor is represented as the phenomenon of language, culture and thinking. It`s often regarded with a prism through which one sees the world. Metaphor as a cognitive and linguistic mechanism, by the interaction between two knowledge structures of conceptual domains, is performing linguistic and cultural situation, reflecting changes in the linguistic and cultural situation. Researchers tend to view it as a mental category, due to socio-cultural factor. In this regard, the article examines the manifestation of cultural connotations of the metaphor in Russian and Bulgarian political media discourses. Metaphorical modeling as a way of studying metaphor in cognitive science reveals a number of metaphorical models, which are universal and are present in different linguistic cultures. Cooking metaphor belong to such models. However, it exhibits specificity, and progress in Russian and Bulgarian media discourses. Along the frames and slots of this M-model the greatest interest from the point of view of cultural saturation causes representation in modern media discourse metaphorical slot of the ‘national dishes’. This slot represents traditional Russian cuisine and Bulgarian specialties. It`s one of the more active slots in modern Russian and Bulgarian linguistic and culture situations. Besides that in Bulgarian media discourse increasingly as a sphere-source of recently are used names of European cuisine. The movement in slot implementation is stipulated by to changes in linguistic and cultural situation in Bulgaria and to its integration into the European environment.

Клеветата – езиково и културно явление (въз основа на материали от български, руски и немски език)

Author(s): Antoaneta Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Thе article presents the calumny on the one hand, as a one universal cultural phenomenon, and on the other - as a linguistic phenomenon with Bulgarian, Russian and German vocabulary in the semantic field ‘calumny’ in comparative plan, as well with examples from the Bulgarian, Russian and German phraseology paremiology, literature and media discourse.

Думата успех като прототипно ядро на концепта успех в българския, руския и английския езици

Author(s): Nelya Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

This article examines the concept of "success". Success is an indispensable part of our efforts, aspirations and projects. Although people interpret success individually and achieve it in the specific dimensions of their own activities and experiences, the formulation of the essence of this phenomenon reflects the social attitudes and cultural overlays and, moreover, presents success as an universal value to individuals and society. This article studies the concept of success by analysing the semantics and derivatives of the key token of success in three languages ‒ Bulgarian, Russian and English. It discusses the facts of language verbalisation of both the universal and specific dimensions of success.

Dyskurs glottoedukacyjny a dyskurs glottodydaktyczny. W poszukiwaniu genus proximum i differentia specifica dyskursu dotyczącego nauki języków obcych (perspektywa lingwistyki historycznej)

Author(s): Joanna Przyklenk,Irmina Kotlarska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2024

The article stems from the belief in the usefulness of the discourse category used to present the transformations of communication activities in old texts, and the need to supplement linguistic descriptions of the glottodidactic process with a diachronic perspective. The text constitutes a part of the Polish studies on a diachronic discourse, and its aim is to expand the network of concepts used to describe the communication process of individuals in terms of developing competences in a foreign language and the knowledge about this language and its users being transmitted. Proposing a term other than glottodidactic to describe communication practices in the area of teaching/learning foreign languages results from the adopted diachronic perspective. Observation of old texts documenting foreign language education indicates a greater share of informal education at that time as compared to the present. Professionalization and institutionalization, which are key to the glottodidactic discourse, begin to dominate in the 20th century. This makes the term less appropriate in relation to older statements describing the discursive space of foreign language education. The understanding of the expression a glottoeducational discourse is presented against the background of taxonomies of discourse functioning in Polish literature and the conceptual scopes of the terms didactics, glottodidactics and education. This allowed us to establish that a glottoeducational discourse fits into the space of educational discourse and is a term that is broader in scope than a glottodidactic discourse. The definitional considerations are exemplified by the description of non-discursive elements in the texts of the glottoeducational discourse based on the sources illustrating the English-speaking education of Poles. The text sources in question indicate a high absorbency of the glottoeducational discourse – it is formed in close connection with an institutional and a specialist discourse, and is subject to ideological influences as well as serves identity functions.

Хиперфункции на възрожденския текст. Към въпроса за началата на новобългарския книжовен език

Author(s): Vladislav Milanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2024

This article is dedicated to the specificity of messages in texts from the Bulgarian National Revival period. The aim is to trace the complex relationship between content and speech in Revival texts. The paper presents current reflections related to the beginnings of the modern Bulgarian literary language, supporting a scientific hypothesis that has gained popularity in recent years. This hypothesis posits that the periodization of the modern Bulgarian literary language cannot be understood through the simple relationship of „from - to“ but must be entirely aligned with the dynamics of linguistic processes in their complex competition. At this stage, the idea of unfolding the reality of Revival texts through the lens of the relationship between the center and the periphery is proposed, with the emphasis being that, in view of the linguistic picture of the world, the boundaries between the two are not as clearly defined and tend to blur.

The Cultural Component of Selected LSP Textbooks in the Area of Business and Their Potential for Developing Intercultural Competence

Author(s): Teresa Maria Włosowicz / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2024

The article aims to investigate the cultural component of selected LSP textbooks in Business English, German, French and Spanish from the point of view of their potential for developing intercultural competence, which is indispensable in business communication (Stegu, 2017). The study analyses the cultural content of twenty textbooks as well as activities aimed at developing and practising intercultural skills. As the results show, they include different cultural information and focus on developing different skills. Moreover, they mostly present such information implicitly rather than explicitly, for example, model business letters show how business correspondence is written in the target language culture, without making explicit statements on politeness in that culture. It is thus the teacher’s role to select the textbooks, draw the learners’ attention to the cultural elements, and to supplement the books with other materials.

КОГНИТИВНИ МОДЕЛИ НА ВРЕМЕТО В ЕЗИКОВАТА КАРТИНА НА СВЕТА

Author(s): Krasimira Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The article provides an overview of different cognitive models of the concept of TIME as a part of our linguistic picture of the world. In our consciousness these models coexist and complement each other, and in everyday life in different situations we switch from one model to another.

Рецензия на книгата на: Стефка Петкова-Калева „Феноменология на празното в езика и речта (върху материал от българския и руския език). Избрани трудове.“ Шумен: УИ „Епископ Константин Преславски“, 2024. 177 с.

Author(s): Velka Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

In memoriam Стефка Янчева Петкова-Калева (1961-2023)

Author(s): Irena Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

Виртуалният дискурс – проекция на реалната комуникация

Author(s): Diyana Nikolova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

Virtual discourse is a new stage of modern communication. This publication examines the specifics of communication in the context of the changing communication space. The specifics of virtual communication stand out against the background of the real one, different aspects of virtual discourse are highlighted. Some positives and negatives are revealed, as well as the correlation between virtual and real communication.

Специфика перевода фразеологических единиц (на материале русского и болгарского языков)

Author(s): Tatyana Terzieva / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2024

The article is devoted to the main problems of translating phraseological units on the material of Russian and Bulgarian languages. Translation of phraseological units is one of the most difficult issues of translation activity, because when translating these linguistic units there is not just a replacement of one language for another, but there is a collision of different cultures and traditions. Therefore, to achieve a high-quality translation, the translator must not only have an excellent command of both the source and target languages but also be capable of comparing and considering the cultural and national specifics of these languages. Despite the fact that this problematic attracts the attention of many linguists, it is understudied and underdeveloped, and requires in-depth analysis both in theoretical and applied aspects.

Рецензия на монография: Николова Д. Г. „Лингвокультурный аспект современной компьютерной термино-логии (на материале русского и болгарского языков)“

Author(s): Stefana Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

IN MEMORIAM Валентина Аврамова (1944–2024)

Author(s): Tatyana Terzieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

La memoire polonaise en onomastique roumaine

Author(s): Oliviu Felecan / Language(s): French Issue: 2/2024

The presence of names from an ethnic minority or foreign personalities within a country’s public sphere is indicative of respect and appreciation for that population, as well as for the culture, literature, and scientific contributions made by its members. Employing a socio-onomastic perspective, this study explores the occurrences of Polish names in the Romanian public domain, focusing on cultural, scientific, religious, and military figures, among others. Regardless of their birthplace, field of activity, or specific connection to the Romanian people, Polish figures have enriched the broader cultural landscape and are commemorated throughout Romania. This occurs both in regions with significant ethnic minority populations and in areas with isolated instances. Street names, school names, hospitals, public institutions, companies, and non-governmental organizations invoke Polish anthroponyms and urbanonyms.

Маргинализираният друг в три куиър романа от славянските литератури през новото хилядолетие

Author(s): Nedyalko Zhelev / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

The paper provides an analysis of prominent Slavic gender literary works from the past two decades, with the focus being on the portrayal of marginalized individuals who experience discrimination. It explores how representatives of this marginalized subculture strive for societal acceptance and the challenges they encounter during the journey of recognition and embracing their unique identities. Furthermore, the text investigates the prevailing attitudes toward LGBTQ+ individuals within the Slavic cultural context. Its objective is to identify commonalities in plot structures and conflict scenarios found in these literary works.

Transfer and Adaptation: Languages and Cultures in Dialog (The Balkans from Late Antiquity to Early Modern Times). Chronicle of a Conference Conducted from 24th to 26th of January 2024 in Sofia.

Author(s): Veronika Kelbecheva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024