Year XLIX, Issue 5, 2022<<Archive>>
Appliеd Linguistics
ANTONYMY IN ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN MARITIME TERMINOLOGY
This paper dwells on maritime terminology and the relationships defining “oppositeness of meaning” in it. It briefly retraces some theoretical assumptions in the sphere of antonymy and offers a classification of antonyms from a morphological and semantic point...
Maritime English; terminological antonyms; features; types; teaching implications
PITCH VARIATION FOR CHINESE SYLLABLES OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION LOAD (BASED ON COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL RADIO ADS)
F0 is an important cue present in all vocalic segments, a parameter to differentiate between voiced and voiceless consonants, a relative phonological feature of syllable in tonal languages and a crucial feature of intonation. This paper aims to investigate pit...
advertising discourse; information load; pitch; syllable; acoustic cue
Lаnguаgе аnd Culturе
SPEECH STRATEGIES IN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEBATES
The article is dedicated to the presidential candidate debate between the current President Rumen Radev and Prof. Anastas Gerdzhikov. The research traces whether their vocabulary adheres to the official discourse, how dynamic it is and whether it answers to th...
presidential candidate debate; research; vocabulary; etiquette; certain phonetic features; linguistic analysis
DICTIONARIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE BULGARIAN REVIVAL
The article presents an analytical review of the available bilingual dictionaries (Bulgarian-English and English-Bulgarian) that were used during the Bulgarian Revival for English language teaching. A quantitative analysis of the dictionaries is made, with spe...
lexicography; educational dictionary; English language teaching; Bulgarian Revival
Linguodidаcticаl Archеology
CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE OF THE BALKAN PEOPLES AND THEIR LANGUAGES
The article examines the interaction of the Balkan peoples in the composition of multinational empires. Widespread multilingualism and frequent switching from one language to another eventually led to the formation of the Balkan Linguistic Union. With the rise...
Balkan Linguistic Union; convergence and divergence; politics; history
THE ENGRAVER IN LITERATURE
The article examines the life and work of Italo Calvino, a writer with a huge contribution to Italian literature. His life path, political and moral views are examined. The text analyses Calvino’s work and how his life experiences influenced him.
Italo Calvino; Italy; life; literature
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38 ENGLISH TEACHING ASSISTANTS WILL TEACH IN BULGARIAN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
This article examines the useful collaboration in the classroom between the foreign language teacher and the native speaker. With the help of the Fulbright Foundation, assistant teachers from the United States who have earned bachelor's degrees and have teachi...
teaching assistants; schools; universities; English language teaching