"Renumeraţie mică..."
"Small Renumeration..."

Summary/Abstract: G. I. Tohăneanu uses one of Caragiale's famous (and intentionally hilarious) lines: "Small renumeration..." as a starting point for a thorough analysis of language. The linguistic confusion begins with the misuse of a neologism by a less cultivated character in "A Lost Letter". The study focuses on the Romanian synonymic series used to denote the sum of money one receives in recognition of one's services or merits.

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