CONTENTS
CONTRASTIVE STUDIES
P e t y a A s s e n o v a , A n a s t a s i a P e t r o v a – Correspondences and mismatches
in the semantics of common Balkan lexemes of Slavic descent // 7
M a r t i n S t e f a n o v – The terminology of sport climbing in Bulgarian, Serbian,
Croatian and Slovene // 29
D a n i e l To m o v – Etymological and semantic facets of the words for shame
in the Balkan languages // 43
DISCUSSIONS, REVIEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
D a r i n a M l a d e n o v a – Linguistic geography and dialectology in the twenty-first
century // 52
M a r i a M i t s k o v a – Adverbs in Bulgarian dialects from the perspective of Bulgarian
national Revival schsolar // 81
REVIEWS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. Tenev. Deverbal nominalization in contemporary Swedish and Norwegian. Formal,
semantic and stylistic peculiarities of derivatives with the suffixes -else and -an/en
(V l a d i m i r N a y d e n o v ) // 92
K. Aleksova. The dubitative in Modern Bulgarian (P e t y a O s e n o v a) // 99
B. Popov. Introduction to comparative-historical linguistics (A n a K o c h e v a) // 104
I. Burov. Phonetic and phonological universals in assimilation processes. A theory
of binarity and the relative hierarchy of features (V l a d i m i r Z h o b o v) // 108
M. Tsibranska-Kostova. Abagar by Philip Stanislavov from 1651. Text.
Translation. Dictionary (H r i s t i n a To n c h e v a – To d o r o v a ) // 112
I. Tasheva. The language of doctors today ( N a d e z h d a S t a l y a n o v a ) // 119
S.G. Shulezhkova (ed.). Comprehensive phraseological dictionary of Old Church
Slavonic (S t e f k a G e o r g i e v a ) // 122
ANNIVERASRIES
M a y a A l e x a n d r o v a – Irina Sedakova at 70 years of age // 127
M a y a A l e x a n d r o v a – Selected bibliography of the works of Irina Sedakova in the
fields of Bulgarian studies, Slavic studies, Balkan studies and ethnolinguistics // 131
Va s i l S t a m e n o v, D i a n a M а r k o v a – Krasimira Chakаrova at 60 years
of age // 160
Va s i l S t a m e n o v, D i a n a M а r k o v a – Bibliography of the works
of Krasimira Chakаrova // 164
V l a d i s l a v M i l a n o v – A Grammar of Bulgarian by Neofit Rilski –
190 years later // 179
EVENTS
D a n i e l To m o v – International Conference Emotions and Intellect:
Representations in the Languages and Cultures of the Balkans // 186
Ta t y a n a L e k o v a – International Conference Bulgarian Catholics and Italy
Through the Ages, Naples, October 28–29, 2024 // 193
IN MEMORIAM
Yulia Baltova (1940–2025) // 197
Venche Popova (1931–2025) // 200
Ivan Haralampiev (1946–2025) // 203
BIBLIOGRAPHY
S o n y a B o y a d z h i e v a – Bulgarian linguistic dissertations for the year 2024 // 206