- ludmila.torlakova@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55588716
- Visitor address
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Sydnesplassen 7
5007 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7805NO-5020 BergenNorway
Publications
Academic article
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova; Fatema Rubai'ey; Abdul Mohamed Al Sharifi (2023). The Omani Officials’ Use of the War Metaphor in COVID-19 Crisis Communication in Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova; Rizwan Ahmad; Divakaran Liginlal et al. (2017). Figurative Language in Arabic E-Commerce Text. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2014). Metaphors of the Arab Spring: Figurative Construals of the Uprisings and Revolutions. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2010). The Notion Weapon in Arabic Idioms: Characterization of Persons and Objects. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2008). The Notion Weapon in Arabic Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2002). Phraseological Models of Arabic Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1998). Some Cultural and Ethnic Elements in Modern Standard Arabic Idioms. (external link)
Academic book chapter
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2023). Phraseological units with أضافة (ʾiḍāfah) structure in Modern Standard Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2021). Use of Figurative Language in The Land of the Sun by Hanan al-Shaykh. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2018). BODY-PART IDIOMS IN RECENT ARABIC POLITICAL RHETORIC: HAND, FINGER AND FIST. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2017). Arabic Phraseology and the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Idiomatic Expessions in Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2014). Arab Spring Phrasemes in a Corpus of Al-Jazeera Texts. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2013). Pragmatics of Arabic Idioms in Newspaper Corpora. Use of Weaponry Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2013). Afʿalu min kadhā: Comparative Idioms in Arabic Dictionaries. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2013). Conceptualizing Stupidity and Ignorance in Arabic Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2009). Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2003). Behavioral Norms as Reflected in Idioms in Modern Standard Arabic. (external link)
Conference lecture
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2025). Politics and shoes. Idioms in newspaper cartoons.. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2024). تحديات تعليم وتعلّم اللغة العربية (Challenges in Teaching and Learning Arabic). (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2021). Phraseological expressions with ’iḍāfah structure in Modern Standard Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova; Fatema Al-Rubai'Ey (2021). The Use of War Metaphor and Selective Framing in the Official Arabic COVID-19 Discourse in Oman. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova; Nassim Saleh Obaid (2020). Laughter through Tears. Cartoons by Shadi al-Ashoush. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2019). Teaching Multi-word Expressions in the Arabic Classroom. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2018). Use of Figurative Language in "I Sweep the Sun of Rooftops" by Hanan al-Shaykh. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2016). Conceptualizing climate change in Arabic online discourse. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2016). How We Use Figurative Language. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2016). "Breast" and "Liver" in Figurative Expressions in Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2014). "Body-Part Phrasemes in Recent Arabic Political Rhetoric: Hand, Finger and Fist". (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2013). Figurative Use of Body Parts in Modern Arabic: Hand and Head in Media Texts. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2012). Phraseology and the Arab Spring. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2012). Regimes and Metaphors of the Arab Spring. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2011). Metaphors of the Arab Spring. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2010). Modern Arabic Lexicography. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2010). Pragmatics of Arabic Idioms in Newspaper Corpora: Use of Weaponry Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2008). Afʿalu min kadhā: Comparative Idioms in Medieval Arabic Dictionaries. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2004). Fixed Comparative Expressions in Standard Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2000). Phraseological models and Idioms in Modern Standard Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1998). Observations on the Topical Distribution of Idioms in Modern Standard Arabic. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1997). Some Cultural and Ethnic Elements in Modern Standard Arabic Idioms. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1994). The Limits and Content of Phraseological Units in Modern Standard Arabisk. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1989). Synonymous nominal collocations in Modern Standard Arabic and aspects of their translation into Bulgarian. (external link)
Doctoral thesis (PhD)
Journal review
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1999). Review of Sven-Olof Dahlgren, Word Order in Arabic (Orientalia Gothoburgensia, 129). Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, Göteborg, 1998. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1999). Review of Hussein Abdul-Raof, Subject, Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic. Curzon, Surrey, 1998. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (1997). Review of V. D. Ushakov. Phraseology of the Koran. Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, 1996. 203 pp. (external link)
Lecture
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2022). Bachelor program in Arabic at the University of Bergen. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2017). Moderne standardarabisk. Utviklingen av skriftsystemet. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2016). Begynnelse og utvikling av arabisk leksikografi frem til 1800-tallet. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2015). Arabic Proverbs. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2015). Hva er arabisk?. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2015). Masteroppgaven – fra prosjektidé til muntlig eksamen. Arabisk. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2014). Old Idioms in Modern Arabic Media (Arab Spring Idioms in a Corpus of Al-Jazeera Texts). (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2014). Something Old, Something New and Something Borrowed. Old Idioms in Modern Arabic Media. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2014). Teaching Arabic Grammar. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2008). Språk og språkproblem i Midtausten. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (2007). Arabic Culture through Arabic Phraseology. (external link)
Radio or TV participation
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (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. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (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. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (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. (external link)
- Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova (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. (external link)