VOL. 59, BOOK 1, PART А, 2021, pp. 99-110 Full text (Bg)
Author:
Maria Mitskova
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
During the second half of the 19th century, Bulgarian writers stressed the necessity of collecting and studying all Bulgarian dialects as one of the essential conditions of building a unified and common standard language. Feeling compelled to state their opinions openly by participating in the public
debate, since the problems of the language were perceived as matters of paramount importance for the future development and well-being of the nation, they chose to voice their understandings by adopting the method of open letters. In this context, in 1868 the editor of the magazine “Obsht trud”
Teodosij Ikonomov published his “Program for collecting samples of oral folk literature and local dialects”, which represents his “open letter” to the public concerned.
Key words: Bulgarian Revival, open letters, History of Bulgarian
dialectology, collecting dialectological material, Teodosij Ikonomov
