Year LII, Issue 1, 2025<<Archive>>
Appliеd Linguistics
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE WORD (HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS)
The article reviews basic definitions of the lexeme word in the Bulgarian language and in some Slavic languages. Brief information is presented on linguistic terminology related to international cultural vocabulary – phoneme, morpheme, sema, sememe, lexeme, ph...
lexeme; lexical unit; nominative unit; word; speech; etc.
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE IMPERFECT ACTIVE PARTICIPLE BY THE AORIST ACTIVE PARTICIPLE IN MODERN BULGARIAN: A LINGUODIDACTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
This paper analyzes typical cases in contemporary communication where the imperfect active participle is replaced by the aorist active participle in the conclusive, renarrative, and dubitative forms of the present and the imperfect past tenses. These replaceme...
linguodidactologics; modern Bulgarian language; imperfect active participle; aorist active participle; conclusive; renarrative; dubitative; perceptual linguistics
Lаnguаgе Tеаching Меthodology
FACEBOOK AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
The article examines the use of Facebook as a tool for learning foreign languages. A review of the scientific literature on the topic is made, with the focus on publications from the last decade. The fact that Facebook does not provide educational services is...
Facebook; foreign language learning; educational services; children with SEND
DO DIGITAL CORPUS-BASED ENVIRONMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH IDIOMS?
This paper aims to investigate how digital corpus-based environments can facilitate students’ comprehension and acquisition of English idioms, which illustrate a learner’s fluency but are admittedly hard to obtain. The challenge of contributing to the learners...
English idioms; digital technologies; digital learning environments; Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA); innovative approaches to teaching idioms
GAMIFICATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING
This paper examines the role of gamification in the context of foreign language acquisition. Gamification is viewed through a theoretical framework and empirical studies. A historical literature review introduces the development of the concept of gamification...
gamification; foreign language acquisition; student engagement; motivation
Lаnguаgе аnd Culturе
“THE VEGETARIAN” BY HAN KANG – BEYOND THE KAFKAEAN TALE OF OBSESSIONS, FREEDOM AND DEATH
The article examines “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024. The novel‘s text is understood as one of the forms of criticism of the patriarchal Korean society. Still, it can also be read beyond the visible messages as...
obsession; norms; identity; taboo; world literature
WOMEN AS PROTAGONISTS IN LITERARY WORKS: HESTER PRYNNE, ANNA KARENINA, AND KATHARINA BLUM
This paper explores the lives of three literary heroines: Hester Prynne, Anna Karenina, and Katharina Blum, each navigating the turbulent waters of societal judgment and personal freedom. Despite originating from different cultural and historical contexts, the...
heroine; woman; literature; societal challenge; prejudice
CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF VOTE BUYING: A CASE STUDY OF ELECTORAL PRACTICES IN BULGARIA
This study examines vote buying in Bulgaria as a culturally embedded and economically driven practice, analyzing its mechanisms, adaptability, and persistence in the face of institutional reforms. The research aims to explore the interplay between cultural nor...
vote buying; clientelism; electoral integrity; cultural norms; socioeconomic dependency; Bulgaria