{"id":770,"date":"2026-08-03T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-plovdiv.net\/verba-iuvenium\/?page_id=770"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:47:38","slug":"contents-of-issue-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-plovdiv.net\/verba-iuvenium\/?page_id=770&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Issue 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><b><strong>Contents<\/strong>\u00a0of Issue 8<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uni-plovdiv.net\/verba-iuvenium\/files\/2026\/08\/Verba-iuvenium_br_8_OK_end_END.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-672\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uni-plovdiv.net\/verba-iuvenium\/files\/2026\/07\/kortsa_Verba_2026-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-plovdiv.net\/verba-iuvenium\/files\/2026\/07\/kortsa_Verba_2026-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-plovdiv.net\/verba-iuvenium\/files\/2026\/07\/kortsa_Verba_2026.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreword<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I. Linguistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1271\/19-29.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>What is \u0442\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043b\u043d\u0465, or Ways of Measuring and Indicating Time in Oldbulgarian Epigraphs (XII-XV C.)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Velichka Ilieva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1272\/30-39.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Transcribing Reduced Vowels in the Bulgarian Language through the Symbols of the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Plamena Koleva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1274\/51-63.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Substitution of the Preposition \u201cu\u201d with the Preposition \u201cv\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ivanela Georgieva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1275\/64-77.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Bulgarian Idioms about Hard-working and Lazy People (Structural Features and Usage)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ani Angelova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1276\/78-93.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Contemporary Trends in the Use of Vocative Forms in the Bulgarian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mariana Popcheva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1277\/94-103.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Expressing Non-reliability beyond the Dubitative Paradigm in Bulgarian Language<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Diana Androva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1277\/94-103.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Syntactic Realization of the Gerund and Its Modifiers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ivana Kuneva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1279\/118-127.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Models of Complementation with Speech-Causative Predicates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Siyana Ilieva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1283\/139-151.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>A Structural Modeling Attempt of the Greek Temporal System in Comparison with the Bulgarian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Marios Risianos<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1279\/118-127.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Language of the Internet from the Perspective of Contemporary Bulgarian Linguistic Studies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tanya Todorova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1284\/152-162.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Linguo-cultural Analysis of the Semantics of the Colors White, Red and Black in Bulgarian and Chinese<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Teodora Stoyanova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1285\/163-175.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>How \u201eCunning\u201c are the Bulgarian and the German Fox? (Observations through the Prism of Bulgarian and German Phraseologisms from the Semantic Field of Cunning-Deception)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ventsislava Pisacheva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1286\/176-191.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Idioms with \u201cg\u00f6z\u201d (Eye) as a Reflection of Socialattitudes in Turkish Society<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Aysun Mehmed<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1287\/192-212.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>To the Question of the Lexical and \u00a0Syntactic Means of the Bulgarian Conclusive in Comparison with Contemporary Italian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Bozhidar Boyadzhiev<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1288\/213-219.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Hyperbole from a Pragmatic Functional Perspective (Based on the Works of A. Matveeva)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Gabriela Terziyska<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Literary Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1289\/223-233.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Missing Ribbon: Lotte Quotes \u201cThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ivan Georgiev<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1280\/234-243.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Multiplicity of Personality from the Depths of Malone\u2019s Soul<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Maria Gencheva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1282\/244-253.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>\u201cHeroines of the New Times: Emancipation through the Language of the Female Gothic \u2013 Ann Radcliffe and A.S. Byatt\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Anastasiya Dilova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1290\/254-264.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Echo Chambers of a Child\u2019s Temporality: Dickens\u2019s\u00a0<em>G<\/em><em>reat\u00a0<\/em><em>E<\/em><em>xpectations<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Kristina Yasenova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1291\/265-273.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Double-edged Sword of Words: Language as Oppression and Resistance in R. F. Kuang\u2019s \u201cBabel\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Preslava Peneva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1292\/274-282.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Supernatural Horror according to H. P. Lovecraft: a Few Entry Points in the Study of Weird Fiction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Iva Stefanova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1293\/283-291.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Awakening of Language in Gao Xingjian\u2019s Novel\u00a0<em>S<\/em><em>oul\u00a0<\/em><em>M<\/em><em>ountain<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stefan Rusinov<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1294\/292-302.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Automatic Writing as Linguistic Rebellion: the Linguistic Realization of the Unconscious<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Gergana Galabova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1295\/303-309.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Time Travel as a Tragic Experience in \u201cBefore the Coffee Gets Cold\u201d by Toshikazu Kawaguchi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Vyara Gramatikova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1296\/310-318.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Queer-identified Protagonist as a Cultural Mediator in\u00a0<em>T<\/em><em>he\u00a0<\/em><em>H<\/em><em>op \u00c7iki\u00a0<\/em><em>Y<\/em><em>aya\u00a0<\/em>Series by the Turkish Author Mehmet Murat Somer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Denislava Kovacheva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1297\/319-328.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Narrative Strategies in \u201cLolita\u201dand \u201cWe\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tihomir Alexiev<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1298\/329-335.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Opposition between Transparency and Opacity in Vladimir Nabokov`s Novel \u201eInvitation to a Beheading\u201c<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ivan Ananiev<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1299\/336-343.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Christian Side of G. Milev\u2019s Poem \u201cSeptember\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stylianos Kapatos<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1300\/344-356.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Literary Collection \u201cThe City\u201d (1922) in the Context of the Regional Literature of the Youngest from the Beginning of the 1920s<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Bozhana Boneva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1301\/357-362.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Image of the Homeland \u2013 a Comparative Analysis of the Poems \u201cRodina\u201dby Nikolay Liliev and \u00abH \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u00bb (\u201cThe City\u201d) by Konstantinos Kavafis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Constantina Xiarchou<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1302\/363-370.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Language as Resistance: Play and Identity in Georgi Markov\u2019s \u201cThe Portrait of My Double\u2019\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Vesela Bozova<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1303\/371-384.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>Man as a Redundant Instrument: a Collapse in Four Movements in \u201cA Ballad for Georg Henig\u201d by Viktor Paskov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Denitsa Raycheva<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1304\/385-394.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>The Picaresque Gnosticism in the Novel \u201cVazvishenie\u201d: the Gnostic Prevails over the Picaro<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Aleksandar Dimitrov<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uni-plovdiv.net\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/1305\/395-402.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\"><strong>\u201cFrom Outlaw and Robber to Owner of Omnibus \u2013 the Meeting between Bae Slave from \u201cChamkoria\u201d and Bacho Gicho from \u201cElevation\u201d by Milen Ruskov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Nikolay Boev<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents\u00a0of Issue 8 Foreword I. 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