The Agentive Role of the English Language in Shaping Adult Language Learner and Social Identities Within Bulgaria’s Evolving Socio-Political Landscape

Encheva-Petrova, Lidiya

This doctoral study adopts a historical perspective to investigate the construction of adult English language learner identities and their sense of agency across three significant socio-political periods in Bulgaria: the Communist era (1944–1989), the Transition period (1990–2006), and the Post-acce