Prof. Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova, DSc.
Prof. Dr. Elka Mircheva
Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. L. Andreychin” - BAS
https://doi.org/10.53656/bel2022-3-1-BJ
Absract. The article analyzes specificities in the language practice of the famous literary critic Prof. Boris Yotsov. The focus of attention is the domestic layer of words: the presence of archaic vocabulary from the Old Bulgarian period, rare and dialect words, dynamics in the word-forming variance of names; shortening
the noun base of words, etc. B. Yotsov's literary criticism exemplifies the linguistic
processes in the period between the Two World Wars: the time of accumulation,
construction, and creativity, manifesting the tendency to combine the inevitable needs of education with identity politics, striving to establish, enrich and ever codify the academic level of the Bulgarian language.
Keywords: Boris Yotsov; Bulgarian literary language; academic style