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Unitatea şi individualitatea limbii române
Unitatea şi individualitatea limbii române

Author(s): Ionel Apostolatu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: the Romanian language; Romance languages; language unity; language individuality; continuity

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on some fundamental aspects defining the Romanic identity of the Romanian language. Being early isolated from the rest of the Romance world, and in close contact with the Balkan languages, Romanian proved its vitality and preserved the original Latin features, sometimes more than the Western Romance languages. The Romanic character of Romanian is present throughout its structure, at each and every level, organized and articulated on a solid Latin basis. The entire history of the Romanian language is marked by a strong sense of unity, which is in close connection with the continuity of the Latin character. We may even argue that the history of the Romanian language is nothing but the history of Latin itself, as it was continuously spoken in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, namely in the CarpathoDanubian space.

  • Issue Year: 10/2010
  • Issue No: 2-I
  • Page Range: 193-200
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian