The Language of the Economic Daily Life of the Bulgarians in the Nineteenth Century (about the Turkish-Bulgarian Bilingualism according to Documents from the Archive of the Chalakovs Family) Cover Image
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Езикът на стопанското ежедневие на българите през ХIХ век (За българо-турския билингвизъм според документи от архива на Чалъковия род)
The Language of the Economic Daily Life of the Bulgarians in the Nineteenth Century (about the Turkish-Bulgarian Bilingualism according to Documents from the Archive of the Chalakovs Family)

Author(s): Maria Levkova-Muchinova
Subject(s): History, Economic history, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Институт за исторически изследвания - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: tax collection; partnership; Turkish loan words in Bulgarian language; bilingualism

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to one of the most important factors in everyday life - the language, in which people communicate and carry out their business. Based on an analysis of the stored commercial documentation, business correspondence, etc. archival documents, an attempt was made to analyze the language of the economic everyday life of the Bulgarians in the XIX century, used in the formation of partnerships, in sales, in relations with business partners, customers and the Ottoman administration. Central to the article is the presentation of several interesting documents on the formation of partnerships for the collection of taxes, which are composed of a mixture of Bulgarian and Ottoman Turkish and written in Cyrillic. The content of the documents and their place in the process of building the economic and legal terminology of the Bulgarian economic life during the National Revival are also analyzed in the article.

  • Issue Year: 36/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 242-253
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian