DESTINUL CULTURAL AL DICŢIONARULUI UNIVERSAL AL LIMBEI ROMȂNE, DE LAZĂR ŞĂINEANU (1896)
The Cultural Destiny of Lazar Şăineanu`s UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF S Romanian Language (1896)

Summary/Abstract: Our paper aims to achieve a study on the cultural and linguistic history of the mostpopular lexicographic Romanian work, until the latter half of the 20th century,Dicţionarul universal al limbei romȃne [the Universal Dictionary of the RomanianLanguage] (1896), written by Lazăr Şăineanu. To analyse this linguistic and culturalwork, we intend to combine a historical dimension, a contribution of sociolinguisticsand the approach of metalexicography. The historical dimension allows us tounderstand the circumstances that determine and explain the development of theRomanian lexicography in the nineteenth century and their role in the culturalcontext. In a sociolinguistic way, we will study the process of writing thislexicographical work: production, reception and its impact on the social level. Themetalexicographical approach subsumes the linguistic component to a process whichreveals the book’s cultural destiny. This study is intended primarily as a tribute to the dictionary as a cultural object and, secondly, as a homage to Lazăr Şăineanu, one of the most prominent Romanian linguists with a difficult trajectory

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