Към проблема за класификацията и каталогизацията на пословиците
On the Problem of Classifying and Cataloguing Proverbs

Summary/Abstract: The author proposes the idea that classifying and cataloguing proverbs are two 1inked problem of equal worth. The article presents a survey of proverbial classifications existing in paremiology and of their application in Bulgaria. The classifications are subdivided into two types: scientific and complementary. The scientific ones classify the proverbs by groups according to some of their essential characteristics; the complementary ones help us to find the text quickly and easily among other materials. The specifications of the notions made, the author relates her experience in computer aided cataloguing of proverbs. The computer catalogue makes it possible to realise a systematization of proverbs according to all existing classifications, the system is open and allows incorporation of new texts and addition of new data on the memorized ones. Such a catalogue programme may be used in some specialised studies, it may become the base of an academic editions of Bulgarian proverbs, as well as of other kinds of collections.

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