--- title: "Issue 2 (2020)" --- # Issue 2 (2020) ## About the authors 02-2020 Information about our authors. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/about-the-authors-02-2020.md) ## Round Table "Pre-Renaissance and Renaissance" in Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski” - 29.10.2020 Presentation of the reports from the Round Table "Pre-Renaissance and Renaissance" at the Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski" - 29.10.2020, This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/round-table-pre-renaissance-and-renaissance-in-plovdiv-university-paisiy-hilendarski-29-10-2020.md) ## Practice Book in Lexicology. Bulgarian As a Foreign Language for Advanced Learners by Nadezhda Stalyanova, Elena Krejcova and Elena Rounevska, “Paradigma” Press, 2021 ![Practice Book in Lexicology. Bulgarian As a Foreign Language for Advanced Learners by Nadezhda Stalyanova, Elena Krejcova and Elene Rounevska, “Paradigma” Press, 2021](https://modern-linguistics.eu/images/articles/20260103-Praktikum-Nadejda.jpg)   Presentation of Practicum in Lexicology. Bulgarian as a Foreign Language for Advanced Learners by Nadezhda Stalyanova, Elena Kreichova and Elene Runevska, Paradigma Publishing House, 2021. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/practice-book-in-lexicology-bulgarian-as-a-foreign-language-for-advanced-learners-by-nadezhda-stalyanova-elena-krejcova-and-elene-rounevska-paradigma-press-2021.md) ## Bulgarian Syntax. Configuration Analyses of the Sentence by Petya Burkalova, Plovdiv University Press, 2019 ![Bulgarian Syntax. Configuration Analyses of the Sentence by Petya Burkalova, Plovdiv University Press, 2019](https://modern-linguistics.eu/images/articles/20260103-Sintaksis-Burkalova.jpg)   Presentation of the book by Petya Burkalova "Bulgarian Syntax. Configuration Analyses of the Sentence", Plovdiv University Press, 2019. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/bulgarian-syntax-configuration-analyses-of-the-sentence-by-petya-burkalova-plovdiv-university-press-2019.md) ## Bulgarian Journalists about the Bulgarian Language: Diana Yankulova-Treneva Interview with Bulgarian Journalist Diana Yankulova-Treneva about the Bulgarian Language. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/bulgarian-journalists-about-the-bulgarian-language-diana-yankulova-treneva.md) ## Bulgarian Poets about the Bulgarian Language: Anna Lazarova Interview with the Bulgarian poet Anna Lazarova about the Bulgarian language. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/bulgarian-poets-about-the-bulgarian-language-anna-lazarova.md) ## Names in world linguistics: Prof. Hilmar Walter Interview with one of the great names in world linguistics: Prof. Hilmar Walter. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/names-in-world-linguistics-prof-hilmar-walter.md) ## Parasitic or Pragmatic Words and Speech Reality This language note examines the problem of the use of so-called parasitic words (which I consider an outdated formulation) and the impact of this process on society and social reality. Parasitic words (sometimes sounds or expressions) are those parts of a sentence that are not a real carrier of information and are used to avoid silence or to "decorate" speech. Often their presence is associated with uncertainty on the part of the speaker. **Key words:** parasitic words, speech, language. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/parasitic-or-pragmatic-words-and-speech-reality.md) ## Interesting Language Misunderstandings Language notes from a Bulgarian language student about everyday language mistakes and misunderstandings. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/interesting-language-misunderstandings.md) ## “Catch Words and Phrases” in Modern Youth Speech Linguistic parasites are our support when speaking, they buy us time and seemingly (usually from the speaker's point of view) make thought more fluent and convincing. It is no coincidence that Prof. Vladko Murdarov calls them crutches and annoying patches of speech. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/catch-words-and-phrases-in-modern-youth-speech.md) ## Phytonyms in the Speech of the Bulgarians in the City of Taraclia and in Bulgarian Literary Language A Study of Phytonyms in the Speech of the Bulgarians in the City of Taraclia and in the Bulgarian Literary Language. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/phytonyms-in-the-speech-of-the-bulgarians-in-the-city-of-taraclia-and-in-bulgarian-literary-language.md) ## With- and Without-Subject Grammatical Expressions in Pre-School Age: Semantic and Structural Aspects **Abstract:**This paper examines the problem of subject acquisition in preschool age. Sentences with both explicit and implicit subjects are analyzed with the purpose to specify the correlation between syntactic function and semantic roles in subject position. Empirical data is gathered from two separate recordings of child-adult dialogs. The child in the first dyad is 2; 2 years old and in the second one is 6; 6, so the specific achievements in the acquisition of sentences with explicit and implicit subjects could be viewed in both early and late stages of pre-school age. **Keywords:**semantics, syntax, semantic roles, subject, child language, preschool age. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/with-and-without-subject-grammatical-expressions-in-pre-school-age-semantic-and-structural-aspects.md) ## Virtual Teaching of Bulgarian Language as a Foreign Language in the Medical University in Varna, Bulgaria **Abstract:**The phrases 'e-learning' and 'distance learning' are often used interchangeably, but they're actually two separate entities. The article examines the theoretical framework of e-learning, distance and blended learning. The focus is on teaching Bulgarian as a foreign language through e-learning and the Blackboard platform at the Medical University – Varna. Attention is paid to the techniques that the team of MU – Varna uses in teaching in an electronic environment. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/virtual-teaching-of-bulgarian-language-as-a-foreign-language-in-the-medical-university-in-varna-bulgaria.md) ## Features of the Dialect of the Settlements, situated along the Yat Border in the Vicinity of Ihtiman and Pazardzhik **Abstract:**The text is part of a master's thesis on “Peculiarities in the speech of the settlements located near the border in Ihtimansko and Pazardzhik”. It refers to the speech in the village of Slavovitsa (Pazardzhik), which belongs to the territorial scope of the Ihthyman speech. The text describes some more specific phonetic and morphological features of speech. Attention has also been paid to historical changes in its phonetic system. It is by these peculiarities – phonetic and morphological, that there is a resemblance between the speech of the village of Slavovitsa and the Ihthyman speech, described in detail in Maxim Mladenov's book “Ihtiman Speech”. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/features-of-the-dialect-of-the-settlements-situated-along-the-yat-border-in-the-vicinity-of-ihtiman-and-pazardzhik.md) ## Integration of Reading of Literary Texts in Bulgarian Language Teaching in China **Abstract:**This article focuses on integrating of the reading of literary texts in the teaching of Bulgarian language Chinese college students. Consistent with the present trend in foreign language education that emphasizes student’s translingual and transcultural competence we analyse the potential of the literary texts that can develop students’ language proficiency and help culture acculturation and explore how to realize the integrating by presenting a sample lesson plan for teaching the Bulgarian-language text My daughter is dancing (Ekaterin Yosifova, 1969) in the language classroom. **Keywords:**teaching of Bulgarian among Chinese students, literary texts, integrating language and literature, translingual and transcultural competence, second language reading. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website.   [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/integration-of-reading-of-literary-texts-in-bulgarian-language-teaching-in-china.md) ## “Take the Smartphones Out!” – the Choice of a Generation of Teachers and Students or the Key Role of Technologies in Developing of Learning Skills in Bulgarian Language and Literature Lesson in 6th Grade **Abstract:**The modern dynamic world offers too many different challenges in all aspects of our existence. We live in a reality in which creativity, ability for versatile thinking; complex skills and adaptability are more valuable than the amount of knowledge in a given sphere. The school becomes a centre for acquiring fundamental skills and competences required for the dignified existence of a person, and learning throughout one’s whole life becomes a necessity and reality. One of the contemporary unconventional ways of learning is e-learning. It is an online process based on instructions and put into effect via computers. Electronic means enable students to feel more intrigued by the content and to perceive learning as something entertaining and pleasant, which can bring new knowledge to them (one of the major objectives of a teacher). **The aim**of this paper is to research the possibilities for the development of the key competence “Ability to Study” in the teaching of Bulgarian Language and Literature through the application of various digital resources. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website.   [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/take-the-smartphones-out-the-choice-of-a-generation-of-teachers-and-students-or-the-key-role-of-technologies-in-developing-of-learning-skills-in-bulgarian-language-and-literature-lesson-in-6th-grade.md) ## French Culture Model in the Obutuaries and Death Notices in Bulgarian Renaissance Press **Abstract:**Death is always scandalous, and this image of it passes through various cultural notions, both in Eastern and Western Europe. Depending on the perception of God or Gods, this taboo is more or less silenced. In this sense, obituaries and death notices are an evolutionary growth of the consciousness of society as a phenomenon of talking about death. This genre has developed and imposed in the Bulgarian cultural space since the mid-1850s, which in a way marks the maturity of the Bulgarian revivals and modernizes the image of the Bulgarian Renaissance. **Keywords:**Death, obituaries, death notices, model, developing, newspapers. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/french-culture-model-in-the-obutuaries-and-death-notices-in-bulgarian-renaissance-press.md) ## The Unknown Stories in the Archive of Nayden Gerov **Abstract:**In this article research interest is focused on the large-scale manuscript heritage of Nayden Gerov (Fund 22 of the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library – Bulgarian Historical Archive). There is a brief historical overview of the current scientific activities with a small part of 2000 archive units in the personal archive fund of the Revival writer, linguist, teacher and politician Nayden Gerov. In the focus of the study are presented two unexplored until now educational handwritten Histories – Bulgarian and Universal (F. 22, Inventory I., archive unit 603 and archive unit 604). The facts surrounding the two historical textbooks are systematized, and separate hypotheses have been made about the year of writing, the presence of more than one author, the place and the function in the context of the other published historical textbooks. **Keywords:**Nayden Gerov, manuscript heritage, unexplored historical textbooks, “Bulgarian history”, “Universal history”, ideological models of adaptation, foreign historical narrative. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website.   [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/the-unknown-stories-in-the-archive-of-nayden-gerov.md) ## Multiple Derivation of K-words in Bulgarian Question Sentence. A Case Study **Abstract:**The research deals with the case of multiple fronting of wh-words in Bulgarian questions and the underlying principles for the order of the question words. The conducted experiment and the given graphics from it are discussed in the context of the hypothesis of Galina Dukova-Zheleva (2010) for the formation of prosodic unit from wh-words in cases of multiple fronting. The methods of the research are instrumental method and outlining contrasts. **Keywords:**prosody, wh-words, wh-questions, prosodic unit, Superiority condition. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/multiple-derivation-of-k-words-in-bulgarian-question-sentence-a-case-study.md) ## Punctuation as Metalanguage **Abstract:**The paper analyzes the punctuation mark from the point of view of the cognitive approach. The philosophical explanations of the sign during and in the nomenclature of the sentence according to its definitive features are sought. In addition, the role of the punctuation mark in the qualification of the syntactic position of one or another word in the composition and structure of the sentence is presented. That is, the punctuation is relevant whether a part of the sentence is distinct or not; homogeneous or inhomogeneous are parts of the sentence; separate or inserted parts, etc. **Keywords:**punctuation mark; cognitive approach; syntactic position. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/punctuation-as-metalanguage.md) ## The Verdict of Words Article about the verdict of words - about the power of words. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/the-verdict-of-words.md) ## Preliminary words 02-2020 Issue 2/2020 of the journal "Contemporary Linguistics" is being re-released in the scientific and research space to lend a hand to young linguist researchers and publish their scientific contributions. This article is only available in Bulgarian. Please see it on our website. [Read more...](https://modern-linguistics.eu/issue-2-2020/preliminary-words-02-2020.md)