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LEXICAL AND CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTIONS AS TRANSFORMATIONAL VECTORS
LEXICAL AND CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTIONS AS TRANSFORMATIONAL VECTORS

Author(s): Grigore Alexandrescu
Subject(s): Politics, Language studies, Lexis, Political Essay
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Lexical; Conceptual; Evolution;

Summary/Abstract: Having a deep insight into Romanian language nature, a word virtuoso, the national poet Mihai Eminescu analyzed the importance of verbal expression in the life of a nation, concluding that the language is „the measure of civilization”. The lexica newest layer, neologisms and the concepts they are codifying, represents the level gauge in maintaining a language. The perpetual lexical enrichment is the result of a flexible mentality that, today, must address properly the challenges of a globalized world.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 147-149
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English