The Journal Contrastive Linguistics
ISSN 0204 – 8701 (print)
ISSN 3033-0440 (online)
The Journal of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Contrastive Linguistics is the world’s first periodical dedicated to contrastive linguistic studies.
Over the past decades, Contrastive Linguistics published the works of renowned scholars from Bulgaria and various other countries. Scores of young doctoral students, assistant professors, and research assistants made their first steps in the academia on the pages of the journal. Prominent linguists from Bulgaria and abroad are active members of its Editorial Board.
The history of the journal dates back to 1976 when a unique periodical – Bulletin for the study of the Bulgarian language in comparison with other languages – was conceived of and successfully launched by Prof. Svetomir Ivanchev (1920–1991). In 1978 the Bulletin was redubbed Contrastive Linguistics. After the death of the journal’s founder and first ever editor-in-chief, Prof. Zhivko Boyadzhiev (1936–2007) was elected as the editor-in-chief and served as such until 2007. At the beginning of 2008 Prof. Petya Asenova was elected editor-in-chief of the journal. As of 2024 the newly elect editor-in-chief is Prof. Krasimira Aleksova.
The pages of this authoritative printed organ of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” serve as the publishing outlet for studies in the fields of:
• comparative and contrastive studies based on more than 50 languages;
• discussion problems of general linguistics and diverse branches thereof;
• the history of Bulgarian linguistics and its connections with other linguistic traditions;
• the history of world linguistics (portraits of distinguished Bulgarian and foreign linguists, the history of linguistics in Bulgaria and the history of Bulgarian studies abroad;
• the theory and practice of translation;
• anniversaries of Bulgarian and foreign linguists;
• reviews and annotations of a huge number of publications (Bulgarian and foreign) in all areas of linguistics;
• timely chronicles of significant scientific for a held in Bulgaria and around the world;
• bibliographies with a different linguistic profile (thematic and personal), as well as bibliographies of Bulgarian linguistic dissertations, etc.
The journal’s mission is to ensure the regularity of the publication of the individual issues, high quality of the published materials and significance of the texts in the scientific field to which they belong.
The editorial board is responsible for each issue and every decision on publishing a manuscript and has the final say on the quality of reviews. The Board’s decisions are based exclusively on the scientific merits of the submitted texts regardless of race, gender, ethnic origin, religion, political, administrative, institutional or social affiliations. The decision to publish manuscripts is made by the Editorial Board without any external influence. The Editorial Board is an independent body.
As of 2024 two volumes of the journal are published yearly. The first issue is published in May – June, while the second issue in November – December.
The following regular sections are included in the journal’s volumes:
Contrastive Studies
Problems of Theoretical Linguistics
Discussions, Reviews and Announcements
Reviews and Annotations
Anniversaries
Bibliographies
Chronicles
In memoriam
The journal accepts for publications articles in Bulgarian, Russian, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
The journal’s email is contrastive@slav.uni-sofia.bg.
Founder of the Journal
Svetomir IVANČEV
Editorial Committee
Prof. Krasimira Aleksova, D. Sc., Editor-in-chief, Department of Bulgarian, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, Web of Science Researcher ID AAA-9132-2021, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3205-9958, Scopus Author ID: 57204922360, e-mail krasimira_aleksova@slav.uni-sofia.bg.
Prof. Alexandra Bagasheva, Deputy-editor-in-chief, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, Web of Science Researcher ID T-2058-2019, Scopus ID 57188476900, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-1919, e-mail: a.bagasheva@uni-sofia.bg.
Prof. Margarita Mladenova D Sc, Scientific Secretary, Department of Slavic linguistics, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-2431-7531, e-mail: margo@slav.uni-sofia.bg.
Assoc. prof. Radost Zhelezarova, managing editor, Department of Slavic Linguistics, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7426-0169, e-mail: zelezarova@slav.uni-sofia.bg.
Prof. Yovka Tisheva, Ph.D., editor, Department of Bulgarian, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5586-9457, e-mail: tisheva@uni-sofia.bg.
Prof. Dimitar Vesselinov, D. Sc., editor, Faculty of Classical and Modern philology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, Web of Science Researcher ID T-4576-2019 , ORCID ID 0000-0002-3771-2031, Scopus Author ID 55860731400, e-mail: dvdimitrov@uni-sofia.bg.
Prof. Silvia Petkova, PhD, editor, Department of Russian Language, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, Web of Science Researcher ID: G-7489-2017, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6830-7875, Scopus Author ID: 36549183600, e-mail: silvia_petkova@slav.uni-sofia.bg.
Prof. Petya Osenova, Ph.D., editor, Department of Bulgarian, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID:0000-0002-4484-5027 Researcher ID (Web of Science): A-4403-2017, e-mail: osenova@uni-sofia.bg.
Assoc. Prof. Bilyana Mihaylova, PhD, еditor, Department of General, Indo-European Linguistics and Balkan Studies, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, Web of Science ResearcherID AAL-2642-2021, ORCID ID 0000-0002-8258-4323, Scopus Author ID 57217737751, e-mail: biliana@slav.uni-sofia.bg.
Assoc. Prof. Anton Andreev, Ph.D., editor, Faculty of Classical and Modern Languages; Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID: 0009-0009-6298-8679, e-mail: astoichev@uni-sofia.bg.
Senior Assist. Prof. Lilia Burova, PhD, editor, Faculty of Classical and Modern Languages, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6068-1561, e-mail: lburova@uni-sofia.bg.
Senior Assist. Prof. Alexander Popov PhD, editor, Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-3600; e-mail: aleksandarnp@uni-sofia.bg.
Ina Mihaylova, managing editor, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Editorial Advisory Board
Петя АСЕНОВА/ Petya ASENOVA
Проф. д.ф.н.,Катедра по общо, индоевропейско и балканско езикознание, Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, България, ORCID ID 0009-0005-4637-3800, e-mail: petyaass@gmail.com.
Prof., D. Sc., Department of General, Indo-European Linguistics and Balkan Studies, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID 0009-0005-4637-3800, e-mail: petyaass@gmail.com.
Златка ГЕНЧЕВА / Zlatka GUENTCHEVA
Directrice de recherche au CNRS (France), LACITO (Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale), UMR 7107 du CNRS, 7bis, rue Guy Môquet, 94800 Villejuif, Paris, France, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-1325, e-mail: zlatka.guentcheva@gmail.com.
Стивън ДИКИ / Stephen DICKEY
Prof., Ph.D., University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Department of Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies, https://sges.ku.edu/people/stephen-m-dickey, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4112-286X, e-mail: smd@ku.edu.
Олга МЛАДЕНОВА / Olga MLADENOVA
PhD, Professor Emerita, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures | University of Calgary, ORCID Profile Scopus Author ID: 35146537200, e-mail: omladeno@ucalgary.ca.
Доналд ДАЙЕР / Donald DYER
Prof. Dr., Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Distinguished Professor of Modern Languages, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, Phone: (662)915-7178, ORCID ID 0009-0003-7150-2657, Co-Director of the UM Chinese Language Flagship Program http://chinese.olemiss.edu/, Co-Director of the UM Arabic Language Flagship Program, http://www.olemiss.edu/arabic/, Editor of Balkanistica http://modernlanguages.olemiss.edu/balkanistica/.
Елена ИВАНОВА / Elena IVANOVA
Проф. д.ф.н., Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, Санкт-Петербург, Россия, ORCID ID 0000-0002-1604-0088, Resercher ID D-8060-2014, РИНЦ AuthorID 623779, SCOPUS Author ID 56496302100, e-mail: e.y.ivanova@spbu.ru.
Prof. D. Sc., St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, ORCID ID 0000-0002-1604-0088, Resercher ID D-8060-2014, РИНЦ AuthorID 623779, SCOPUS Author ID 56496302100, e-mail: e.y.ivanova@spbu.ru.
Бьорн ВИМЕР / Björn WIEMER
Dr. habil. (Univ.-Prof.), Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany / Deutschland, ORCID ID 0000-0001-6466-2060, e-mail: wiemerb@uni-mainz.de.
Габор БАЛАЖ / Gábor BALÁZS
PhD, Honorary Professor, Retired, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, ORCID ID 0000-0001-7176-9368, e-mail gbalazs@lit.u-szeged.hu
Кента СУГАЙ / Kenta SUGAI
Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2011-6604, e-mail: ksugai1227@hotmail.com.
Грейс ФИЛДЪР / Grace FIELDER
Prof. Ph.D, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ, USA, ORCID ID 0000-0002-4679-2563, e-mail gfielder@arizona.edu.
Юлияна СТОЯНОВА/ Yuliana STOYANOVA
Проф. д.ф.н., Катедра по български език, Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, България, ORCID ID 0000-0002-1849-9554, e-mail: julianastoyanova@yahoo.com.
Prof., D. Sc., Department of Bulgarian, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ORCID ID 0000-0002-1849-9554, e-mail: julianastoyanova@yahoo.com
Владимир ПОЛОМАЦ / Vladimir POLOMAC
Проф., Универзитет у Крагујевцу, Филолошко-уметнички факултет, Катедра за српски језик, Крагујевац, Србија, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-9330, е-mail: v.polomac@filum.kg.ac.rs.
Full Professor, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Department of Serbian Language, Kragujevac, Serbia, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-9330, е-mail: v.polomac@filum.kg.ac.rs.
Зигрун КОМАТИ / Sigrun COMATI
Dr. phil., M.A. Slavistin und Bulgaristin, Präsidentin der Deutsch-Bulgarischen Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Bulgarien, Germany, www.comati.de, ORCID-ID: 0009-0002-5761-7514, e-mail: comati@t-online.de.
Бард РУГОВА / Bardh RUGOVA
Prof., University of Pristina, Pristina, Kosovo, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3047-1500, e-mail address: bardh.rugova@uni-pr.edu.
Фрациско Хавиер ХУЕС ГАЛВЕС / Francisco Javier JUEZ GÁLVEZ
Prof. Dr., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España/Spain, ORCID ID 0000-0003-4457-1844, e-mail: juezgalvez@filol.ucm.es.
Лин УЪНШУАН / Lin WENSHUANG
Ph.D., Professor, Vice Dean of School of European Languages and Cultures, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Deputy Director of Center for Central and Eastern European Studies, and Director of Center for Bulgarian Studies. ORCID ID: 0009-0009-7533-6549, e-mail: linwenshuang@bfsu.edu.cn.
Томас ОЛАНДЕР / Thomas OLANDER
Associate Professor, PhD, Dr. Habil., Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ORCID ID 0000-0002-7938-2827, e-mail: olander@hum.ku.dk.
Роланд МАРТИ / Roland MARTI
Prof. em., Dr. habil., Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, ORCID ID 0000-0002-0419-3255, e-mail: rwmslav@mx.uni-saarland.de.
Бистра АНДРЕЕВА / Bistra ANDREEVA
Prof., Ph.D., Department of Language Science and Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, ORCID ID:0000-0003-2774-1346, Researcher ID (Web of Science): AAB-6563-2019, Scopus Author ID: 25646063800, e-mail: andreeva@lst.uni-saarland.de.
Спас РАНГЕЛОВ / Spas RANGELOV
PhD (University of London); Associate Professor (HUFS), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Republic of Korea (South Korea), ORCID ID: 0009-0006-8922-890X, e-mail: spas_rangelov@hufs.ac.kr.