Polly Petcova
Lecturer of English
Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
E-mail: polly.petcova [at] gmail.com
Research interests: cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, translation, interpreting
Subjects taught:
BA Courses:
- English Practice: Translation classes, Grammar and Vocabulary classes, Writing classes.
- Academic Writing
- Introduction into Sociolinguistics
MA Courses:
- English Practice: Translation classes, Grammar and Vocabulary classes.
Major publications:
Books:
- Co-editor of: Planetata Slovo. Plovdiv: Context, 2010. [A Collection of Essays from the XI-th National Conference for BA, MA, and Doctoral Students - Plovdiv, held by Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv]
- Editor of: Bulgarian English Teachers’ Association E-Newsletter. BETA-IATEFL, Issue 35 (May-June), 2018. ISSN 1314-6874.
Articles:
- “Bulgarian Translations of English Hedges in Academic Writing.” Scientific Works of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria – Plovdiv, Series А. Public sciences, art and culture, Vol. IV. (2017): 27-30. ISSN 1311-9400 (Print), ISSN 2534-9368 (Online).
- A Short Overview of the Concept of Hedging in English and Bulgarian.” TREES OF KNOWLEDGE: ROOTS AND ROUTES, Essays in Honour of Michael Grancharov, ed. Snezha Tsoneva-Mathewson, Yana Rowland, and Vitana Kostadinova (2016): 152-158. ISBN 978-619-202-203-7.
- “A Short Overview of the Concept of Hedging in English and Bulgarian.” Aktualni problemi na savremennata slavistika, Essays in Honour of Professor Stefana Dimitrova, ed. Maksim Stamenov, and Ivo Panchev (2016): 205-209. ISBN 978-954-322-872-0.
- “On Hedging: Applying Lakoff’s Model to Bulgarian.” XIV-th National Student Conference Proceedings, Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv. ed. Krasimira Chakarova et al. (2013): 98-103. ISBN 978-954-8238-44-1.