ТОПОНИМНАТА ГЪСТОТА В ПЛОВДИВСКО КАТО ОТРАЖЕНИЕ НА ДЕМОГРАФСКИТЕ ПРОЦЕСИ В РЕГИОНА
TOPONYMIC DENSITY IN PLOVDIV DISTRICT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN THE REGION

Author(s): Krasimir Koilov, Maya Vlahova-Angelova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет »Св. Кл. Охридски«
Keywords: toponymy; demography; toponymic density; migration
Summary/Abstract: This study investigates how present demographic processes affect the toponymy in the Plovdiv region by analyzing the current toponymic situation in two settlements – the village of Benkovski and the village of Tsalapitsa. An empirical study was conducted in 2016 in the two villages. The results are surprising and show that the dynamic socio-economic development, the expansion of the territory and the increase of the population of the village of Benkovski lead to a decrease in the number of toponyms in the region while in the depopulated village of Tsalapitsa their number does not change.

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