Categoriile gramaticale ale intensităţii şi comparaţiei în gramaticile tradiţionale ale limbii române
The Categories of Comparison and Intensity in Traditional and Contemporary Romanian Grammar

Summary/Abstract: The article approaches a current issue of great interest for both the theoretical and the applied linguistics. It is about the report between the properties expressed by an adjective or adverb during the act of comparison, which report has been seen as unified by traditional grammar and presented therefore undifferentiated. They were called the grammatical category of comparative or simply as comparative degree. Lately, the linguists have added the concept of intensity parallel with the comparative degree. This has led to the identification of two grammatical categories: the comparative degree and the intensity without a clear delineation to be made between them. My article reflects the current situation in Romanian grammar. The firsts to talk about intensity and in a Romanian grammar were Vladimir Robu and Iorgu Iordan in their Contemporary Romanian Language, (Didactic and Pedagogic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1978). The idea was taken up in other grammar books, such as the first and second volume of the Romanian Grammar, The Word and The statement, (Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005) and The Basic Romanian Grammar, (Encyclopedic Universe Publishing, Bucharest, 2010). Both books led to a different solution than the one proposed by Vladimir Robu. The information contained in this article is intended as a database for a wide analysis of an interesting issue in Romanian grammar today.

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