Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova
- E-mailludmila.torlakova@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 87 16
- Visitor AddressSydnesplassen 7HF-bygget5007 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78055020 Bergen
Textbook
- (1996). Arabski ezik, Tekstove, 2. chast (Arabic language, Texts, Part II. Sofia University St. Kliment Okhridski Press.
- (1994). Arabski ezik, Tekstove, 1. chast (Arabic language, texts, Part I). Sofia University St. Kliment Okhridski Press.
Academic article
- (2017). Figurative Language in Arabic E-Commerce Text. International Journal of Business Communication (IJBC). 1-23.
- (2014). Metaphors of the Arab Spring: Figurative Construals of the Uprisings and Revolutions. Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. 1-25.
- (2010). The Notion Weapon in Arabic Idioms: Characterization of Persons and Objects. Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. 119-145.
- (2008). The Notion Weapon in Arabic Idioms. Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. 125-141.
- (2002). Phraseological Models of Arabic Idioms. The Arabist. 57-65.
- (1998). Some Cultural and Ethnic Elements in Modern Standard Arabic Idioms. The Arabist. 63-73.
Lecture
- (2022). Bachelor program in Arabic at the University of Bergen .
- (2017). Moderne standardarabisk. Utviklingen av skriftsystemet.
- (2016). Begynnelse og utvikling av arabisk leksikografi frem til 1800-tallet.
- (2015). Masteroppgaven – fra prosjektidé til muntlig eksamen. Arabisk.
- (2015). Arabic Proverbs.
- (2014). Teaching Arabic Grammar.
- (2014). Something Old, Something New and Something Borrowed. Old Idioms in Modern Arabic Media.
- (2014). Old Idioms in Modern Arabic Media (Arab Spring Idioms in a Corpus of Al-Jazeera Texts).
Popular scientific lecture
- (2015). Hva er arabisk?
- (2008). Språk og språkproblem i Midtausten.
- (2007). Arabic Culture through Arabic Phraseology.
Academic lecture
- (2021). The Use of War Metaphor and Selective Framing in the Official Arabic COVID-19 Discourse in Oman.
- (2021). Phraseological expressions with ’iḍāfah structure in Modern Standard Arabic.
- (2020). Laughter through Tears. Cartoons by Shadi al-Ashoush .
- (2019). Teaching Multi-word Expressions in the Arabic Classroom.
- (2018). Use of Figurative Language in "I Sweep the Sun of Rooftops" by Hanan al-Shaykh.
- (2016). How We Use Figurative Language.
- (2016). Conceptualizing climate change in Arabic online discourse.
- (2016). "Breast" and "Liver" in Figurative Expressions in Arabic.
- (2014). "Body-Part Phrasemes in Recent Arabic Political Rhetoric: Hand, Finger and Fist".
- (2013). Figurative Use of Body Parts in Modern Arabic: Hand and Head in Media Texts.
- (2012). Regimes and Metaphors of the Arab Spring.
- (2012). Phraseology and the Arab Spring.
- (2011). Metaphors of the Arab Spring.
- (2010). Pragmatics of Arabic Idioms in Newspaper Corpora: Use of Weaponry Idioms.
- (2010). Modern Arabic Lexicography.
- (2008). Afʿalu min kadhā: Comparative Idioms in Medieval Arabic Dictionaries.
- (2004). Fixed Comparative Expressions in Standard Arabic.
- (2000). Phraseological models and Idioms in Modern Standard Arabic.
- (1998). Observations on the Topical Distribution of Idioms in Modern Standard Arabic.
- (1997). Some Cultural and Ethnic Elements in Modern Standard Arabic Idioms.
- (1994). The Limits and Content of Phraseological Units in Modern Standard Arabisk.
- (1989). Synonymous nominal collocations in Modern Standard Arabic and aspects of their translation into Bulgarian.
Book review
- (1999). Review of Sven-Olof Dahlgren, Word Order in Arabic (Orientalia Gothoburgensia, 129). Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, Göteborg, 1998. Bibliotheca Orientalis. 756-760.
- (1999). Review of Hussein Abdul-Raof, Subject, Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic. Curzon, Surrey, 1998. Bibliotheca Orientalis. 762-766.
- (1997). Review of V. D. Ushakov. Phraseology of the Koran. Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, 1996. 203 pp. Manuscripta orientalia. 70-71.
Doctoral dissertation
- (2011). Two Narratives of Islamic Revival. Islamic Television Preaching in Egypt.
Programme participation
- (1988). Four-lecture series on Modern Standard Arabic, Hebrew, Egyptian Arabic, and North African Arabic on the program Znanie (Knowledge) on the Bulgarian National Radio: North African Arabic.
- (1988). Four-lecture series on Modern Standard Arabic, Hebrew, Egyptian Arabic, and North African Arabic on the program Znanie (Knowledge) on the Bulgarian National Radio: Modern Standard Arabic.
- (1988). Four-lecture series on Modern Standard Arabic, Hebrew, Egyptian Arabic, and North African Arabic on the program Znanie (Knowledge) on the Bulgarian National Radio: Hebrew.
- (1988). Four-lecture series on Modern Standard Arabic, Hebrew, Egyptian Arabic, and North African Arabic on the program Znanie (Knowledge) on the Bulgarian National Radio: Egyptian Arabic.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- (2023). Phraseological units with أضافة (ʾiḍāfah) structure in Modern Standard Arabic. 10 pages.
- (2021). Use of Figurative Language in The Land of the Sun by Hanan al-Shaykh. 16 pages.
- (2018). BODY-PART IDIOMS IN RECENT ARABIC POLITICAL RHETORIC: HAND, FINGER AND FIST. 15 pages.
- (2017). Arabic Phraseology and the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Idiomatic Expessions in Arabic. 22 pages.
- (2014). Arab Spring Phrasemes in a Corpus of Al-Jazeera Texts. 16 pages.
- (2013). Pragmatics of Arabic Idioms in Newspaper Corpora. Use of Weaponry Idioms. 16 pages.
- (2013). Conceptualizing Stupidity and Ignorance in Arabic Idioms. 12 pages.
- (2013). Afʿalu min kadhā: Comparative Idioms in Arabic Dictionaries. 16 pages.
- (2009). Idioms.
- (2003). Behavioral Norms as Reflected in Idioms in Modern Standard Arabic. 9 pages.
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