„Preludium rewolty”. Bunt kobiet w poezji Joanny Mueller

Author(s): Monika Glosowitz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1 (21)/2023

The aim of this article is to answer the question about the causes of oversights, silences and shifts in the critical-literary reception of Joanna Mueller’s poetry. The author analyses discussions of the poet’s successive books and demonstrates the workings of what she calls the ‘double standard’ of the language of criticism; this mechanism has enabled repeated gestures to discredit the importance of this poetry, and has its origins in critics’ specific elaboration of the experience and subject of motherhood, whose poetic thematisation is often met with negative critical commentary. This analysis is juxtaposed with an alternative proposal for reconstructing the main line of Mueller’s poetic story of motherhood, a story in which individual personal experience becomes the basis for building a community of women based on experiencing the oppression they share. Joanna Mueller’s work has certainly been recognised by critics and has been widely (albeit irregularly) commented on and described, so the writer functions in the broad field of literary production and popularisation in Poland.

A Case for Using Feminist Editorial Practices in Scholarly Journals.An Analysis of Computers and Composition

Author(s): Patricia Webb / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

Neoliberalism influences are evident in the editorial practices of many high-ranking scholarly journals. Given the importance that journals have in tenured/tenured-track academics’ careers, they are an important arena to analyse and in which to implement best practices. I argue that Shari Stenberg’s (2015) concept of feminist repurposing can be used to make visible the impacts of neoliberal practices and also helps to disrupt them by enacting different alternatives in the university system, of which scholarly journals are a part. In order to illustrate what a feminist ethics of editing would look like, I analyse the feminist-inspired practices of Computers and Composition’s editorial staff. Drawing on published interviews and survey I administered, I show how feminist repurposing editorial roles from gatekeeper to colleague and mentor have beneficial impacts on the scholarship produced.

Приложение на теорията на Грайс в лингвистични изследвания

Author(s): Elena Tsvetkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2023

Two tasks are assigned to this article, related to Grice's theory of conversational implicatures. One of them is concerned with the distinction that Mark Jary proposes between behavioral and material conversational implicatures and the idea that, if this distinction is accepted, then Grice’s notion of non-natural meaning is reduced to cases of behavioral implicatures. An attempt is made to disprove this position and simultaneously maintain the distinction between the two types of implicature. The second task is related to the application of Grice’s theory in linguistic studies to further develop explanations for the processing of utterances containing metaphor or irony.

En deçà et au-delà du cauchemar chez Samuel Beckett, avec un effet de halo sur Film

Author(s): Liviu Dospinescu / Language(s): French Issue: 1/2023

The oneiric universe is present in almost all of Samuel Beckettʼs work, if only in the aspect of a form of reverie as found in modified states of consciousness, distinct from the usual states of mind, and which are often quite closeto trance or hypnotic states, or even, sometimes, to quite problematic psychologicalstates. At first glance, all of Beckettʼs characters are dreamers, but by dint offollowing them in their inner turmoil, we may discover the signs of a deeper if notfunding activity of the spirit. Oneirism in Beckett, when it is not the simplerepresentation of its phenomenality, can be part of an articulatory strategy ofsimulacra of deep experiences of the psyche, most of the time in connection withexistential questions which are neatly brought into the spectatorʼs field ofconsciousness, so that, with the guard down or in no way forced to “connect” to the genre of discourse, (s)he finally lets her/ himself be experientially inhabited by it.In the opening of this article, I will present a brief overview of the formal, aspectualdiversity of oneirism in a few short pieces by Samuel Beckett: …but the clouds…,Nacht und Träume, What Where and Ghost Trio. Then, most of the development isdedicated to the descriptive analysis of Samuel Beckett’s Film, which will highlightthe richness of dreamlike forms and contents from his uniquely non-verbaldiscourse. Its aspectual diversity ranges from philosophy with phenomenologicaland existential tints, to the anthropology of rites and popular beliefs, and even topsychoanalysis, for the sharpness of the figures of the work of the dream which relate to it, as surprised in the field of manifestations of this unique cinematographic work.

The Transmission of the Old Church Slavonic Version of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus and the Problem of Its Glagolitic Substratum

Author(s): Alessandro Maria Bruni / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The present paper deals with the problem of the alleged Glagolitic substratum of the Old Church Slavonic version of the Homilies (λόγοι) of Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. 329–390), undertaken in Bulgaria between the late 9th and the early 10th century. This article aims to offer a contribution to this issue in a multidisciplinary perspective. From a methodological point of view, an attempt is made to tackle it not only by studying the material and graphic aspects of the manuscripts witnesses, but also by considering the results of their text-critical and linguistic analysis. Accordingly, a number of previously unstudied paleographical, codicological, orthographical, phonetical, textual and lexical features are subjected to examination. On the one hand, the author investigates the Glagolitic letters found in the oldest Cyrillic witness of this translation, some of which were only recently discovered; on the other, he explores several scribal mistakes, lexical archaisms and hapax legomena. Moreover, a few very special readings, featuring the reflex / šč / for Protoslavic *tj are investigated for the first time. All the collected evidence points to how two Homilies of this corpus in all likelihood originally circulated in Glagolitic and how their Cyrillic transliteration was in all probability carried out soon afterwards in the Balkan area.

Croatian Glagolitic Psalters in the Tradition of the Slavonic Psalter

Author(s): Ivona Karachorova / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

This publication centres around analysing the relationship between the Lobković Psalter from 1359, the Parisian Psalter from approximately 1380, and the Vienna (Fraščić) commented Psalter from 1463 in regards to other texts in the various redactions of the Slavonic Psalter. In the study of the history of the Slavonic Psalters, hey are commonly classified as belonging to the archaic redaction (the original Slavonic translation), as represented by the oldest known Slavonic Psalter, the Glagolitic Psalterium Sinaiticum from the 11th century. In this article, we aim to find a solution to this issue by comparing these three copies of the Psalter with 19 others from different redactions. On the basis of 178 accepted diagnostic different readings between the two major redactions of the Psalter, the 14th-century Archaic redaction and the 14th-century Athonite redaction, their relationship to the respective redactions is analysed. In general, all three follow the archaic redaction (most consistently the Vienna Psalter), with only a few exceptions. The position of the Vienna Psalter among the known copies of the Psalter with the Commentary of Hesychius of Jerusalem is determined. Furthermore, it is suggested that South Slavonic Psalter copies have influenced the Croatian Psalter.

Meaning and Interpretation of the Sacred Tetragrammaton

Author(s): Borislav Popov / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The research explores the problems stemming from the mystery of the sacred tetragrammaton, its etymology and some interpretation of its meaning in the Judaism. Its major variants in the transmission of the tetragrammaton in the Old Bulgarian and Old Slavic traditions, as well as in the Church Slavonic and Modern Bulgarian translations of the Old Testament, have been placed under consideration and analyzed. Despite certain grammatical and semantic inconsistencies with the original Hebrew text, the semantics of the tetragrammaton has been largely reflected and preserved in the translations et the essence of God's name encoded originally in the Ancient Hebrew text, and later in the Septuagint. The discrepancies in the translations are due to the specificity in the grammatical (verb) system of Hebrew, which is not found in the ancient Greek and in the Slavic languages, i.e. the reason is the interlinguistic asymmetry.

Banat Literature as a Part of the Literature of Bulgarian Catholics – Lexical Data of Succession

Author(s): Magdalena Abadzhieva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The Banat Bulgarians (Palkeni) are part of the Bulgarian Catholic community, and the study of the linguistic and cultural connections between these two groups is necessary to help affirm the identity of the Banat Bulgarians and recognize them as a full-fledged part of Bulgarian society – with its specifics, but also with its common features. Since the literature of the Banat Bulgarians developed in emigration after the Chiprovtsi uprising of 1688, it is necessary to trace to what extent on a linguistic level it approaches the literature created by the rest of the Bulgarian Catholic Bulgarian lands. The report aims to present preliminary observations of lexical continuity between the Banat Bulgarians and the Catholic Bulgarians around Plovdiv according to book monuments from the 19th century.

Наименования местных албанских сортов винограда

Author(s): Marina V. Domosiletskaya,Alexander A. Novik / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/2023

The origin of the names of indigenous Albanian grape varieties is the aim of this work. In total, about 40 ampelonyms were collected and studied. Most of them are original – a. clearly motivated: Korrithi (July), Dimerak (winter), Manakuq (red mulberry) and many others; b. based on Albanian toponyms: Durrsaku, Kallmet, Muzhaku, Sinabel and others. About a third of the Albanian ampelonyms are borrowings and are due to the contacts with the neighbouring ethnic groups: Debina (Greek), Mavrud (Greek/Slavic), Dimjat, Mereshnik, Tajka, Vranak (Slavic), Qelibar, Jediveren (Turkish), Serinё (Turkish/Greek), Rozё (Italian). To emphasize the relatively late penetration of the grape variety, xenonomination (Stambolleshë) can be used.

Historical Development of the Croatian Language and Its Relation to the Languages of the Balkan Linguistic Area

Author(s): Sandra Požar / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

In addition to a brief overview of the historical development of the Croatian language in the linguistic and sociolinguistic sense (as a literary and standard language), the paper attempts to examine its relationship to the languages of the Balkan linguistic area. Marginal presence of Balkan language features in Croatian is indicated, since Croatian territory is also geographically on the edge of the Balkans. But, since there has not been systematic research on this subject yet, the paper is merely an attempt to draw attention to some phenomena that might be interesting and to encourage further research and discussion.

Рецензия: Велин Петров (2023). Българският език като балкански език. Велико Търново: Университетско издателство „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“, 234 стр. ISBN: 978-619-208-353-3

Author(s): Stoyan Burov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/2023

Report on the International Conference on Minority and Endangered Languages in the Multilingual Context of the Balkans (MELMUB)

Author(s): Giustina Selvelli / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

Упoтрeбa и прeфeрeнциja грaмaтичкe и сeмaнтичкe кoнгруeнциje кoд пaукaлних синтaгми

Author(s): Milica Mrkonjić,Nevenka Marković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 54/2023

In this research paper, we studied the preference for grammatical and semantic congruence in paucal phrases among Bijeljina respondents. Excluded were non-locals and nonSerbian speakers. Factors considered were: gender, age, education, and living environment. A questionnaire with two parts was used: completion of 12 sentences and rating 24 positively oriented statements (12 for each congruence). 60 online respondents participated. Results show a favorable view of grammatical congruence and less so for semantic congruence.

Два диалектни текста с исторически свидетелства от селата Габреш и Дреновени, Костурско

Author(s): Larry-Labro Korolov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

Both dialectal texts in the article were collected in Toronto, Canada from two informants belonging to two different generations and originating from the villages of Gàbresh and Drenòveni in the Kostur (Kastoria) region. They disclose new and never published information on the IMARO’s activities, the fate of the Bulgarian language in South-western Macedonia under Greek rule, the difficulties of the locals to visit their native villages during the years of the Greek Military Junta (1967 – 1974); they also contain some comments made by Atatürk on Bulgaria’s behalf. History and dialects of the area remain under studied, due to the Greek rule exerted on this area and its heavy assimilatory policies. The new information will help fill the gap, even to a small extent. The texts also serve as a supplement to Blagoy Shklifov’s work on the Kostur dialect.

„Сказание за буквите“ на Константин Костенечки – един от изворите на Паисиевата „История Славянобългарска“

Author(s): Georgi Petkov / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,Old Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

This article examines the link between 𝑆𝑘𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑧𝑎 𝐵𝑢𝑘𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒 (A History on the Letters) and 𝐼𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 (Slav–Bulgarian History). It traces how the former shaped the views of Paisius of Hilendar, the first representative of the Bulgarian National Revival, on the issues concerning the creation of the language of St. Cyril and St. Methodius, the role of Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher in this process, as well as the work of his disciples. The paper reveals Paisius’s critical attitude towards the opinion of Constantine of Kostenets on the emergence of the written language of the Slavs, as Paisius reconsidered it in the spirit of his National Revival ideas. The facts adduced make it clear that Paisius of Hilendar was more than a century ahead of the scientific criticism on the emergence of Old Bulgarian language and literature.

Митологични и фолклорни елементи в юношенския фентъзи роман в Румъния

Author(s): Lora Nenkovska / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

This article will look at two exciting ways to return to the roots of the magical Romanian folk tale and the whole mythological universe in two contemporary Romanian fantasy novels intended for a teenage audience. Both works indicate the revival of the Romanian children’s book and the return to local folklore as a successful strategy to build a magical literary peace that simultaneously recalls “tales, plots, characters” and opens the gates to a new fantasy world. The two authors – Sunziana Popescu and Florin Bican- choose different schemes of “living in a world of fairy tales”. Sunziana Popescu writes a modern fairy tale inhabited by all sorts of mythological images. At the same time, Florin Bican chooses “to weave a meta-fairy tale” from the most popular and favourite Romanian tales but told from the point of view of the faithful helpers of the boy heroes - their whirlwind horses.

Етнолингвистичният речник на българската народна медицина – фрагмент от българската езикова картина на света

Author(s): Mariyana Vitanova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2023

Over the centuries, traditional Bulgarian folk culture has developed a system of healing practices and magical rites for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. The lexemes from the thematic groups of health and disease reveal the knowledge and experience of Bulgarians in the treatment and prevention of diseases, as well as the place of physical and mental health in their value system. The aim of the Ethnolinguistic Dictionary of Bulgarian Folk Medicine is to present the concepts of health and disease in the Bulgarian linguistic picture of the world in a synchronous and diachronic aspect, revealing their linguistic representatives in dialects from all over the Bulgarian language and medieval manuscripts.

Перикле Папахаджи и въпросът за балканската лингвокултурна симбиоза

Author(s): Anastasia Petrova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2023

The article examines Papahagi’s contribution to the study of Balkan languages. His work Parallele Ausdrücke und Redensarten im Rumänischen, Albaneseschen, Neugriechischen und Bulgarischen (1908) provides valuable information about the lexical corpora of the Balkan languages and draws attention to the unique spiritual closeness between the peoples who have inhabited our lands for centuries. The linguistic material in the work evokes an association with a number of discussion issues in contemporary Balkan linguistics.

Лексикални измерения на жертвата на трафик на хора в разкази (интервюта) от първо лице

Author(s): Radoslava Koleva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2023

This paper aims to consider how a person who has become a victim of human trafficking depicts him-/herself, as well as to comprehend the existence of models of metaphorization related to such people. The text represents an attempt to analyze a language depiction in everyday speech through a study of some first-person narratives (interviews) in Bulgarian and in Polish of people who have been direct participants in this crime.

Завръщане в социалистическото минало. Опит за очертаване на една тенденция в новия български роман

Author(s): Mihaela Ilieva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2023

The paper examines one of the most popular topics in the Bulgarian novel over the last 20 years – the past of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria. The text also traces the decades that writers prefer to choose as the background of their plot, and discusses what is the value of the historical period and how authors “return” to it – through the autobiographical or by choosing a specific historical event.