A Typology of the Questions on Pronunciation in the Practice of Language Consulting Cover Image

Типология на въпросите от областта на правоговора в практиката на езиковото консултиране
A Typology of the Questions on Pronunciation in the Practice of Language Consulting

Author(s): Milen Tomov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: orthoepy; orthoepic norms; pronunciation; pronunciation norms; language consulting; Bulgarian language

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the questions on pronunciation received at the Language Consultation Service. The author defines the place of orthoepy in the overall picture of language consulting and offers a characterization and thematic classification of the inquiries concerned with correct pronunciation. As he finds out, only a small number of the questions received by the Language Consultation Service deal with pronunciation, showing only limited interest in orthoepy and lack of interest in most pronunciation-related phenomena and norms. The author summarises the reasons for the significant predominance of questions regarding the spelling over inquiries on orthoepy in the practice of language consulting, the major one among them being the principal difference between orthographic and orthoepic norms.

  • Issue Year: 70/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 43-58
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian