Speech and Orthoepy - What do Bulgarians Think?

Burov, Stoyan; Pehlivanova, Penka

“ST. CYRIL AND ST. METHODIUS” UNIVERSITY OF VELIKO TARNOVO - UNIVERSITY PRESS

Speech and Orthoepy - What do Bulgarians Think?

Authors:

Stoyan Burov St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Penka Pehlivanova Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Pages: 99-114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/EHON4772

Abstract:

The article presents the opinions of contemporary Bulgarians about speech and orthoepic norms of the Bulgarian language. The attitudes about complying with the norms or violating them are studied. Observations about the knowledge of the norms are made, the opinions about which deviations of the norms are acceptable and which are unacceptable are summarized.The problem of the attitude towards the need for changing the norms is discussed. The observations and evaluations in the article are based on the comments made during recent years in Internet forums.

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