Lingvistica textului ca hermeneutică a sensului. O aplicaţie din perspectivă coşeriană
Text Linguistics as Hermeneutics of Meaning. An Application from a Coserian Perspective

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we aim to adequately resolve a semantic dilemma regarding a controversial statement of the sacred text: “All things are lawful for me” (1 Cor 6:12; 1 Cor 10:23). The interpretation of this statement is guided by the five linguistic research principles described by Eugeniu Coşeriu: the principles of objectivity, humanism, tradition, anti dogmatism and social responsibility. The exegesis of the biblical text in the light of these principles of linguistics as a science of culture leads us to the conclusion that the principle of freedom in language is never equivalent to a chaotic plurality of hermeneutic possibilities. On the contrary, linguistic freedom – at both ends of a communication process (sender and receiver) – is always circumscribed by some conditionings of a systemic nature that are imposed on the speaker just as the canvas and colors are imposed on the painter (according to the analogy made by the great Moldavian linguist).

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