ИЗСЛЕДВАНИЯ ЗА ЕЗИКА НА АВСТРИЙСКИТЕ БЪЛГАРИ
STUDIES ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE AUSTRIAN BULGARIANS

Summary/Abstract: The topic of Austrian language studies is quite new in Bulgarian and German linguistics. It is connected with the last emigrant wave of Bulgarians in the German-speaking area (especially in Austria) following the changes that took place in the 1990s when the Bulgarian community there grew rapidly. Studies on the language of the Bulgarian emigrants in Austria lay the foundations for shaping a new area in confrontational (Bulgarian-German) linguistics. It offers vast possibilities for further work. What is of particular interest is the "mixed language" of the Bulgarian emigrants. The first generation of our compatriots are the subject of the research, although comparative language information about both the second and the third generation is also available. In Austria, a new type of European community (with electronic signature) is being created. Thanks to the Internet, it crosses the borders and connects compatriots who have been separated by the territories between them. As the study shows, the mixed Bulgarian (Austrian) German language in Austria is a clear fact that has its specific problems and areas of study. The lexical features prevail, but in its grammatical system, which is the pillar of the language, it remains Bulgarian. The methodological provisions applied to the systematization and analysis of the material can also be used in the study of other mixed languages emerging in the contemporary interconnected world.

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