FROM HELLAS TO FRANCE: THE LINGUISTIC CONFIGURATION OF THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES IN THE 19TH CENTURY
FROM HELLAS TO FRANCE: THE LINGUISTIC CONFIGURATION OF THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: In 1821, after 110 years of Phanariot domination, some thousands of Greek words had entered the Romanian lexicon, which disappeared later in less than 30 years. The French influence had increased constantly till 1848 and afterwards, the neologisms in present-day Romanian being mainly of French origin. The symbiosis is deep, and the structural changes occur in most spheres of society. There is a change – sometimes dramatic – of accent and direction: from Hellas to France.

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