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71926 - Basics of Bulgarian

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Svetlana Slavkova
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-LIN/21
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Svetlana Slavkova
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Lorenzo Testini
                            (Modulo 2)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of this introductory course, the students should be able to interact in stereotypical and most common everyday life situations. They will be expected to understand and produce simple oral and written texts in a manner that demonstrates knowledge of Bulgarian socio-cultural characteristics.

These lessons deal with, among other things, situations such as introducing oneself, shopping, going to a doctor, etc.

Course contents

Phonology and graphical system
Vowels and vowel reduction in standard Bulgarian.
Consonants: soft and hard consonants. Regressive assimilation (voicing and devoicing).
Orthographical principles.
Morphology
Nouns. Grammatical gender, number and definiteness. Vocative.
Pronouns. Clitics and clitic doubling.
Adjectives and adverbs. Formation of comparatives and superlatives.
Conjugations and prepositions.
Interjections and particles. Да, ли, не, си and се particles.
Verbs. I, II, III conjugation. Aspectual pairs. Tense system: present and future.
Syntax
Declarative statements. Neutral and emphatic word order. Subject omission.
Polar questions and к-questions.
Negative statements. Double negation.
Basic types of complex sentences.

Readings/Bibliography

Laskova Vesselina. Corso di lingua bulgara. Livelli A1-B1. Con CD Audio formato MP3. Milano, Hoepli, 2016 (o altra edizione).

Grigorova, Violeta, Tsveta Tsankova. Dizionario Bulgaro-Italiano Italiano-Bulgaro. Zanichelli/Colibrì, 2004.

Kostadinova Giretti, Neli, Gianguido Manzelli. Dizionario bulgaro. Italiano-bulgaro, bulgaro-italiano. A. Vallardi, 1998.

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures, exercises and visuals (films and slides).

Assessment methods

Class participation and a prompt completion of homework assignments: 30% of the final grade.
Final exam (written test and oral examination): 70%.

Teaching tools

Audio and video materials.

Office hours

See the website of Svetlana Slavkova

See the website of Lorenzo Testini