A group of faculty members from the Departments of Translation and Philology and Foreign Languages at Azerbaijan University participated in the 53rd International Scientific Philological Conference named after L.A.Verbitskaya, held at Saint Petersburg State University.

The academic papers presented by the University staff, dedicated to current trends in modern philology, garnered significant interest. Presentations in the fields of linguistics, literary studies, and translation theory sparked vibrant discussions.

The reports, rich in scholarly insight, original approaches, and analytical depth, addressed the following topics:

Department of Foreign Languages

• Aygun Gasymova, Head of Department The Role of Dynamic Equivalence Translation in Cross-Cultural Understanding
• Sevinj Eyvazova, senior lecturer Differences Between British English and American English Economic Terms
• Sabahat Hajiyeva, lecturer Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Markers in Question-and-Answer Dynamics of Media Interviews
• Gunay Khuduyeva, lecturer The Indicators of Speech Situation in Communicative Acts
• Aynur Jabbarly, lecturer Gender and Feminism in Australian Literature: A Reflection of Cultural Evolution
• Nurana Asadova, lecturer Globalization and Language Enrichment. The Growing Influence of English
• Aysel Mehdiyeva, lecturer The Utilisation of Metonymy in the English Language
• Zuleykha Bagirzada, lecturer Effective Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence: A Pedagogical Model for Universities

Department of Translation and Philology

• Gulnar Rzayeva, PhD in Philology, head of Department William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury: The Cultural and Moral Degradation of Society
• Khayala Jafarova, PhD in Philology, senior lecturer Metanarrative and Psychological Multidimensionality of Images in Mark Danielewski’s Postmodern Novel “House of Leaves”
• Laman Gasymly, PhD in Philology, lecturer Replacement as a Grammatical Transformation in Translation
• Aysu Mirzayeva, lecturer Multifaceted Semantic Peculiarities of Onomastic Units

The conference not only highlighted the active involvement of Azerbaijan University academic staff in international scholarly life but also reaffirmed that their research resonates with the global academic community.

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