Gheorghe Şincai şi problemele limbii române literare
Gheorghe Şincai and the Problems of Romanian Literary Language

Summary/Abstract: Şcoala Ardeleană represented a reference point of Romanian cultural movements. Its advocates tried to convince the European states of Romanian unity of language, culture and civilisation. Şcoala Ardeleană’ s concerns reffering to language unity are close connected to social and political realities from Transylvania and to Romanian people efforts to assert itself from social, political and cultural point of view. In this way, Supplex Libellus Valachorum represents the climax of Romanian cultural movements. Şcoala Ardeleană perceived the importance of language in a nation’ s life, because it considered language as being the expression of national character and the fundamental way of national education. The nation can be educated by the progress of its language. More than that, language is the cohesive element of national unity; peoples that speak the same language are more thrustfull in each other, are more interested in the others problems. We may distinguish two fundamental intentions in Şcoala Ardeleană’ s activity: to demonstrate the Latin origin of Romanian language and to convince the Europeans to know about, to study and to learn Romanian language. Its advocates agreed the ideea of enriching the language with foreign words and expressions of Roman origins, and they tried to make sure that it corresponds to modern sciences vocabulary.

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