Личните и фамилните имена на бесарабските българи от XIX век в социолингвистичен и културно-исторически контекст
Personal Names and Surnames of Bessarabian Bulgarians in the 19th Century in the Context of Sociolinguistics and Cultural Heritage

Summary/Abstract: The present study is part of the post-doctoral project „Diachronic aspect of the personal name system of the Bulgarian diaspora in Bessarabia, presented on the basis of new archival data”, dedicated to a little-studied aspect of the problem related to the personal name system of the Bulgarian diaspora outside the state borders of Bulgaria. The anthroponymy of the Bulgarian immigrants from Southern Bessarabia is of interest from a cultural-historical and linguistic point of view. The specific study offers linguistic and statistical data on Bulgarian names from the 19th century. The attention is focused on the national-cultural specificity of the anthroponyms. The prerequisites for their transformation under the influence of a number of factors are investigated: the conditions of Ottoman domination, and then emigration and long-term residence in a foreign-speaking environment.

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