دانلود کتاب About the Macedonian language / За Македонскиот јазик

INTRODUCTION

The appendices consist of the following three sections:

I STATEMENTS.

This section contains citations from various authors
dealing with Macedonian language and literature, Macedonian nationality, as well as national relations within the Balkans in the past. Contrary to the claims of „Bolgarski ezik“ we have before us a number of testimonies in support of Macedonian individuality, which help us to explain the conditions and factors responsible for an independent national development in Macedonia and, within this framework, the creation of a separate Macedonian literary language. Of course we present here only certain fragments. But despite this one is struck by the large number of such statements, especially taking into consideration the fact that most of them derive from a period when the Macedonians did not yet have their own governmental and cultural center, which might act in opposition to other such centers when they interpreted the Macedonian situation to the world in accordance with their own interests.


II TEXTS FROM THE NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLE.

This section gives as an illustration texts written in the Macedonian language
during the years of the Second World War, i. e. during the period when the Macedonian literary language had not yet been definitely codified.


III ARTICLES.

This section contains complete texts, written by Macedonian authors and dealing with the development of the Macedonian
language. Those readers wishing further information, especially concerning the period directly after the end of the Second World War, when resolutions and official acts were passed in Bulgaria favoring the expansion and use of the Macedonian literary language in Pirin Macedonia (within the borders of Bulgaria), are urged to consult a book by Vanģa Chashule, entitled ,,Od priznavańe do negirańe“ (From Recognition to Repudiation) (Skopje, 1970), available also in English and Russian translation.