Stoyko Stoykov

Stoyko Ivanov Stoykov (

Biography

Graduated Slavic Philology at

Stoykov's scholarly activities were in the fields of Bulgarian Dialectology, Phonetics and Lexicology. He was author of the fundamental and still unique book "Bulgarian Dialectology" ("Българска диалектология"), (1949, revised 1962 and 1968, posthumously 1993 and 2002). His valuable contributions are the monographies "The Banat Dialect" ("Банатският говор") (1967) and "The Lexics of the Banat Dialect" ("Лексиката на банатския говор") (1968) as well as the comparative study "The Dialect of Tvardica village (Bulgaria) and Tvardica village (Moldova)" ("Говорът на с. Твърдица (Сливенска околия в България) и на с. Твардица (Молдавска ССР)") (in Russian, 1958). Particular interest represents his study "The Sofia Student's Dialect. Contribution to Bulgarian Social Dialectology" ("Софийският ученически говор. Принос към българската социална диалектология") (1946). Stoykov was the leader and direct participant in the development of "Atlas of Bulgarian Dialects" ("Български диалектен атлас") (in 4 volumes, 1964–1981).

Phonetics

Stoykov's main contributions to Bulgarian Phonetics are his studies "Bulgarian Literary Pronunciation" ("Български книжовен изговор") (1942), "Introduction in Bulgarian Phonetics" ("Увод в българската фонетика") (1955, 3rd revised edition entitled "Увод във фонетиката на българския език", 1966).

Lexicology

Stoykov contributed to the development of Bulgarian

Bibliography

Bibliography of prof. Stoykov's works as well as literature about him can be found at

• Bibliotheca Slavica – Sofia University,
• Die Deutsche Bibliotheksstatistik,
• Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund,
• The National Library of the Netherlands^{[dead link]},
• University of California, USA
• Indiana University, USA,
• International Society of Phonetic Sciences