The types of letters according to Nikola Mihaylovski Cover Image

За видовете писма според Никола Михайловски
The types of letters according to Nikola Mihaylovski

Author(s): Kina Vachkova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Historical Linguistics, Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: literary language; epistolary style; notions of 'letter writing'; types of letters; etiquette of letter templates; terminology used
Summary/Abstract: Nikola Mihaylovski is best known in the history of the modern Bulgarian literary language as a co-founder, along with Ivan Momchilov, of the Tarnovo School of Linguistics and Spelling. His contribution to the formation of the epistolary style of the modern Bulgarian literary language has not been studied so far. The article examines his book Little Bulgarian Letter book, 1868. His theories about the types of letters are presented. The etiquette of letter templates that he presents in his textbook is analysed, as is the specific terminology used.