Year LXVIII, Issue 4, 2026<<Archive
Linguistics
GRAMMATICAL REALIZATION OF THE SEMANTIC OPPOSITION ANIMACY ~ INANIMACY (THEORETICAL ASPECTS)
The study examines the grammatical realization of the semantic opposition <i>animacy ~ inanimacy</i> with a focus on the word classes, mainly in the Russian and Bulgarian languages. This opposition does not have a universal and unambiguous grammatical manife...
animacy; semantic oppositions; grammatical categories; parts of speech; grammar
EFFECT OF MODELLED /R/ ARTICULATION DISORDER AND TEXT COMPLEXITY ON BULGARIAN PERCEPTIONS OF SPEECH AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
Disordered articulation of /r/ (rhotacism), a type of specific articulation disorder concerning the articulation of the alveolar trill /r/, may negatively affect listener perceptions. This paper investigates the effect of modelled rhotacism and text complex...
articulation disorder; speech sound disorder; listener perceptions; rhotacism; Big Five
EXPLORING MATHEMATICAL FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN
This article examines how mathematical concepts find their way into figurative language in English and Bulgarian. The aim is to identify and classify idiomatic expressions that use ideas such as numbers, operations, measurement, geometry, proportion, and...
figurative language; idioms; cross-linguistic comparison; language and mathematics; cultural context
Меthodology
FROM READER TO CO-AUTHOR: BLACKOUT POETRY AS A CREATIVE APPROACH TO LITERARY INTERPRETATION
The article explores the potential of blackout poetry as a pedagogical method in literature education aimed at stimulating analytical reading and creative interpretation of literary texts. The theoretical framework of the study draws on Roland Barthes’ concep...
blackout poetry; literary reader as co-author; creative pedagogical methods; literary didactics
THE ROLE OF BIBLICAL-MYTHOLOGICAL TOPOS IN GEO MILEV’S POEM “SEPTEMBER” FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE
Biblical-mythological topos articulate life truths hidden behind images, symbols, and narratives. Geo Milev lives on forever in the poem “September” as a corrective to the problematic search for justice. Life and work become narratives of a suffered human...
topos; “September”; Geo Milev; Bible; mythology; rebellion; justice.
AN INTERACTIVE BINARY LESSON: “THE HUMAN BEING AND THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD (A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMANS)”
The present article presents an interactive binary lesson conducted within a single class period (45 minutes) with ninth-grade students from the “Acad. Lyudmil Stoyanov” Language High School in Blagoevgrad and demonstrates the integration of informational tech...
interactive binary lesson; artificial intelligence; dialogue; literary movement; artificial intelligence website