Stoyko Stoykov
Bulgarian linguist (1912–1969)
Stoyko Ivanov Stoykov (Bulgarian: Стойко Иванов Стойков; 26 October 1912 – 9 December 1969) was a Bulgarian linguist.
Biography
Graduated Slavic Philology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", (1935). Specialized phonetics, dialectology and Slavic linguistics in Prague (1937–1939). Was granted PhD by the Univerzita Karlova (Charles University in Prague) (1939). Worked at the Institute for Bulgarian Language of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as an assistant (1942), as a head of the Section for Bulgarian Dialectology with Linguistic Atlas (1952–1969) and as a deputy director of the same institute (1958–1969). Also, worked in the Sofia University as an assistant (1943), associate professor (1947), and professor (1950–1969). Was Dean of the Phylological Faculty (1953/1954, 1962–1966) and Deputy Rector of the same university (1958–1960). Also, was Chairman of the Commission of Phonetics and Phonology at the International Committee of Slavists (1968/1969) and Secretary of the same Committee (1959–1964).
Dialectology
Stoykov's scholarly activities were in the fields of Bulgarian Dialectology, Phonetics and Lexicology.
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