- Docente: Laska Angelova Laskova
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-LIN/21
- Language: Bulgarian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)
Learning outcomes
At the end of this introductory course, the students should be able to interact in stereotypical and most common everyday life situations. Additionally, they will be expected to understand and produce simple oral and written texts in a manner that demonstrates knowledge of Bulgarian socio-cultural characteristics. The syllabus of 7 lessons is organized so that a standardized set of domains is covered providing a learning framework in which the basic level of language command (CEFR reference level A1) is achieved. 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 particle. Се particle.
Verbs.
I, II, III conjugation. Aspectual pairs. Tense system: present and future. Imperative. Conditional mood.
Syntax
Declarative statements. Neutral and emphatic word order. Subject omission.
Polar questions and к-questions.
Negative statements. Double negation.
Basic types of complex sentences. Subordinating conjunctions.
Readings/Bibliography
Textbook:
Колева-Златева, Живка, Емилиянова Борянова. Аз говоря български. Български език за чужденци. Първа част. Велико Търново: Фабер, 2007.
Grammars:
Ernest A., Scatton. A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian. Columbus: Slavica, 1984.
Borriero, Lavinia. Grammatica della lingua bulgara. Firenze: LICOSA, 1979.
Dictionaries:
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.
Нов компактен речник: Италиански. София: ПОНС България ЕООД, 2010.
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures and visuals (films and slides), exercises and games.
Assessment methods
Class participation and a prompt completion of homework assignments: 40% of the final grade.
Final exam (written test and oral examination): 60%.
Teaching tools
Video and audio materials, grammar tables and other visual props, PowerPoint presentations, corpora (Tatoeba, BRC, BulNC).
Office hours
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