ANTHROPONYMIC PRACTICES REGARDING BULGARIAN TURKS (OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERSONAL NAMES OF A FAMILY FROM DOBRICH)
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2023
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Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski"
Abstract
Linguocultural studies is one of the leading and rapidly developing fields
in modern linguistics, whose main goal is the study of the relationship between
language and culture. The study of the atroponymic system of a language occupies
a significant place in this field.
In the present text the anthroponymicon of Bulgarian Turks is studied, describing
the personal names of the representatives of several generations of a family
from Dobrich, dating from the first decades of the 20th century until today.
The aim of this article is to highlight the main factors influencing the
naming system of the target group, to trace the influence of social factors as well
as psychological foundations in the naming process.
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anthroponymics, naming, linguistic, extra-linguistic factors, Turkish