LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC CHANGES IN BULGARIAN LANGUAGE OVER THE LAST SEVENTY YEARS Cover Image

ЛЕКСИКАЛНИТЕ И СТИЛИСТИЧНИ ПРОМЕНИ В БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ЕЗИК ПРЕЗ ПОСЛЕДНИТЕ СЕДЕМДЕСЕТ ГОДИНИ (ПО МАТЕРИАЛИ ОТ СБОРНИКА „АЗ ЖИВЯХ СОЦИАЛИЗМА“)
LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC CHANGES IN BULGARIAN LANGUAGE OVER THE LAST SEVENTY YEARS

Author(s): Mariola Walczak-Mikołajczakowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет »Св. Кл. Охридски«
Keywords: Bulgarian language; vocabulary; stylistics; changes
Summary/Abstract: In 2004, a contest on memories of the Bulgarians from the period of socialism has been put online. Its effect is a book Аз живях социализма published by 45 Жанет, which collected 171 personal memories and stories submitted from all over the world. Their authors are people of different ages (from 82 to 21 years). They are, therefore, people using both in speech and in writing very diverse Bulgarian. Article aims to choose from the texts included in the book the most important features of language which are typical for specific generations of the Bulgarian language users. Observations are conducted on two levels: lexical and stylistic. The findings resulting from the analysis show how Bulgarian language evolved in the period after World War II, what its features should be regarded today as archaic, and which are the most recent phenomena.

  • Page Range: 95-102
  • Page Count: 8
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: Bulgarian