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Polysemy and Proper Names

Author(s): Aleksandra S. Aleksandrova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Polysemy is the ability of a language entity to have more than one meaning. Proper names are traditionally considered arbitrary. They denote a particular person, place or thing and do not have a semantic meaning of their own. In some cases, through the use of metaphor and metonymy, they can denote different entities, thus becoming polysemous, i. e. having more than one meaning or more than one referent. However, the different meanings that can be displayed are determined by the context in which they appear.

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Radicals, Extremists, Terrorists … References To Muslims In The British And The Bulgarian Press (A Comparative Study)

Author(s): Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The paper presents a general overview of the theoretical background on the topic of Muslim radicalization. It is part of a bigger project on the image of Muslims in the Bulgarian and the British press and provides the analysis of the most frequently encountered terms associated with Muslims. The paper has been provoked by the processes observed in Muslim diasporas in Europe in general and in Bulgaria in particular and the way these events get covered in the media. The main issue that the paper addresses is whether or not there is any difference in the application of terms like terrorist, radical, extremist, etc. to individuals part of the society subject of representation of the respective media and to individuals which are considered foreign to the society being presented, e.g. members of terrorist groups functioning in other countries.

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A Gender-Based Study Of Apology Speech Acts In British And Bulgarian Tv Series

Author(s): Deyana Peneva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The major aim of this paper is to examine the way Bulgarian men and women apologize and investigate whether they exhibit differences with respect to the apologetic behavior they adopt in comparison to British male and female native speakers. The article focuses on the speech act of apologizing and it draws on two linguistic datasets for its analysis: six episodes from a British TV series Scott & Bailey and six episodes of comparable data from Glasshome, a Bulgarian TV series. Extracts of data containing apology speech acts in both corpora are compared qualitatively and quantitatively and the issues of apology strategy, type of offence, social status and social distance are discussed with respect to gender cultures and politeness.

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Identification of the Category of Adjective in English A Corpus-Based Approach

Author(s): Ilina Doykova,Temenuzhka Seizova-Nankova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

It is common knowledge that in English there are problems that arise concerning identification of word classes. Attention is more specifically drawn to examining the class of adjectives and what problems they pose for the researcher and foreign language learner. The Analyzed examples are extracted from the BNC and also from a self-made electronic corpus.The article consists of Introduction and three sections. The introduction describes the state of affairs in very general terms. Section 1, 2 and 3 deal with the different formal classifications of adjectives and how they relate to other word classes, adverbs in particular.

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Using Task-Based Procedures In Lesson Observation

Author(s): Irina Nikolova Ivanova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

The article discusses the use of procedures related to the task-based learning approach in lesson observation in pre-service teacher training. Although the idea of using tasks in observation is not new, the whole cycle of task-based learning typically used for developing students’ speaking skills has not so far been used in lesson observation.

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A Local Response to The Global Reality of Teaching English to Primary School Learners: Functions and Usage of the Verb ‘to be’

Author(s): Miroslava Tsvetkova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Bulgarian students face difficulties understanding some English units, particularly the usage and function of the verb ‘to be’. This paper aims to help Bulgarian primary school learners overcome these difficulties as it outlines the typical learner’s errors. The paper appeals to teaching each verb as a main part of a unit rather than as a small part of a grammar rule. In this way, students can learn the conjugation of the verb as well as how to form questions, make negatives, and, most importantly, apply it properly in real life.

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The Regulative Principle Of Efficiency And Web Content

Author(s): Radostina Vladkova Iglikova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The following article is based on the proposition that certain elements of the theory of textuality as proposed by Beaugrande and Dressler in their seminal Introduction to Text Linguistics (Beaugrande and Dressler 1981) can be successfully employed in the analysis of the phenomenon of the “digitally born” text and the discourse it pertains to – i.e., the textual content populating the innumerable pages of the World Wide Web. More specifically, the paper recognizes the opportunities as well as the challenges stemming from the inherent convergence, non-linearity, hypertextuality and interactiveness of the Internet as a medium, and in turn aims to pinpoint some of the potential benefits of approaching online discourse from the perspective of efficiency as a regulative principle. In this respect, the article can be regarded as an attempt at bridging the gap between tradition (in the face of text-oriented discourse analysis) and current trends (the abundant and varied literature exploring what is widely referred to as “writing for the web”).

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Internationalization, Globalization and Culture In Advertising Discourse

Author(s): Rumyana Todorova,Zlatko Todorov / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The paper deals with the issues of internalization, multinationalization, globalization and culture in advertising discourse. It touches upon different interpretations of these phenomena but also introduces the term grobalization which has been introduced in the 21st century through the prism of local cultures. Examples of ads from British and Bulgarian media discourse are provided in support of those processes.

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‘Bulgarize Away!’ – Cognitive Analysis of Phrasal Verbs with Away (A Corpus Study)

Author(s): Svetlana Nedelcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

This research intends to find a more cognitive-oriented approach to the instruction of English phrasal verbs in comparison with traditional approaches. This special group of verbal phrases displays a considerable diversity of meanings even when they contain the same adverbial particle, and accordingly leads to inevitable complexity in the EFL classroom. This paper does not only aim to organize the meanings of verbs + away constructions in a semantic network but also plans to show how EFL learners can interpret the meaning of constructed ‘online’ phrasal verbs (cf. Evans, Bergen, Zinken 2007: 28) such as ‘Bulgarize away’, used by Ashton Kutcher’s character in the American movie Valentine’s day. The overall objective of the study is to oppose the false assumption that phrasal verbs (PVs) are random and without logical principles. We would like to show that PVs’ idiomaticity is comprehensible and should not make EFL students confused and inclined to avoid using them.

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Nominal Substitute Same

Author(s): Snejana Obeyd / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The article deals with the text-forming resource of substitution setting up a relationship between words, phrases and clauses .My main concern is to characterize the nominal substitute ‘same’, the environments it appears, scope of usage and function as a cohesive device. I apply the theory into practice by analyzing different examples, illustrating the text-forming nature of ‘same’.

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Intertextuality and Doomsday a Comparative Analysis of Bulgarian and English Publications in the Media

Author(s): Christina Kyncheva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The aim of this paper is to analyse the myths about the End of the World and the way Americans, British and Bulgarians react to it. Apart from that, this research compares the differences and similarities in the language devices used in the articles and their connection with other texts, including which information is made salient and, which is implicitly given.

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Ebola: The New Public Scare. Disease in the Bulgarian and the British Media Discourse (A Comparative Study)

Author(s): Kalin Kolev / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Disease, at least to the general public, remains that inexplicable feeling and state caused by unseen and sometimes unknown things, such as germs, bacteria, viruses, strains of viruses, and so on, that it always provokes fear, stress, or simply concern. The media use people’s fears and sometimes amplify them using various linguistic devices which serve to boost general panic. The paper analyses some of the devices used by the media in Bulgaria and the UK in the presentation of Ebola as a new public scare.

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English – Bulgarian Contrastive Analysis Of The Function Of The Verb “Sin” In The New Testament Of The Bible

Author(s): Mina Lyutachki / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

This paper discusses the similarities and differences in the translation of the verb “sin” in the New Testament of the Bible. It studies two English versions: New Kings James Version and New International Version and two Bulgarian - Orthodox Bible and Bible, 1940 Edition . The main aim of this study is to analyse the function of the verb SIN in the sources used and to compare them.

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Global And Local Problems And Practices In Teaching English To Young Learners

Author(s): Nadezhda Stefanova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

This article discusses some of the global problems and practices in TEYL on a macro level, in terms of educational polices, and on a micro levels - in terms of local practices and solutions. The problems are depicted from different perspectives, involving all participants in the educational process - policy makers, teachers and students. It is structured around some main problems and challenges such as: Government policy linked to education, local solutions, training of in-service and pre-service teachers, teachers’ command of English, materials and recourses available, assessment and evaluation process, problems of classroom environment. A comparison is made between English language teaching in Bulgarian primary schools and primary schools around the world in terms of similarities, differences, issues and challenges facing the teachers and the steps taken to overcome such challenges.

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Reading In A Foreign Language - Problems And Solutions

Author(s): Natalia Skarlatova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

The article discusses the status of reading in Bulgarian schools in relation to problems such as lack of importance attached to reading by students, low levels of interest and lack of motivation. This relates not only to reading in English, but to reading in general as an intellectual activity concerned with the acquisition of knowledge. It is reflected in the inability of teachers to develop reading skills and good reading habits among students. The survey on extensive and intensive reading shows that the majority of students do not read much out of class and the teacher uses classroom practices which do not lead to the development of effective reading skills, by for example failing to make good use of prediction, activating students’ background knowledge before reading a text, or developing skimming and scanning sub-skills.

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Ethnicity and Racism in the Media: An Analysis on some of the Linguistic Devices Used in Some Bulgarian and British Articles

Author(s): Alexandra Buchvarova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The goal of this paper is to analyse and compare the language used by some Bulgarian and British newspapers when talking about different ethnic groups. Various publications on the interaction with the „OTHERS‟ serve as a proof that the cultural/ ethnic/ religious Other has been a main topic in the media in the recent years. Immigrants, Muslims, Asians and other minorities have been discussed, debated, insulted but not ignored in any case. The media and the press in particular, have a huge influence on society.Defined as the fourth estate they are able to manipulate public opinion. This fact makes it extremely important for them to be responsible for the way they present information. Critical Discourse Analysis is used as the main method of analysis as well as comparative and contrastive linguistics. In most of the cases the analysis uses the types of devices described by Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva (2013) in her analysis of media discourse on ethnicity and identity in Bulgaria and the UK.

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Essays

Author(s): Desislava Todorova,Peter, Yulianov Dimitrov,Simona Pavlova,Vasvie Redzheb,Borislav Bonev,Radoslav Hristov,Zyineb Yacub / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

A group of BA students' essays

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Предсказанието

Author(s): / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2014

A student's translation of a short story

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За гълъба и гарвана

Author(s): / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2014

A student's translation of a short story.

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Заселници

Author(s): / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2014

A student's translation of a short story.

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