LANGUAGE, FREEDOM AND UNITY: ASPECTS OF THE ROMANIAN GREAT UNION
LANGUAGE, FREEDOM AND UNITY: ASPECTS OF THE ROMANIAN GREAT UNION

Summary/Abstract: Language represents a system of communication by means of which we define concepts and values, we share ideas and express feelings, we transmit information and influence the activities and behavior of others. Therefore, one can argue that language and reality are closely related entities. Reality can be expressed by the linguistic vehicle of natural languages as the state of things as they actually exist. This paper revisits one of the postulates of the philosophy of language that sees natural languages as representing attempts at unifying the diversity and the individuality. The framework of the discussion is given by the historic moment of the Romanian Great Union in December 1918 when the Romanian language represented one of the most important, if not the most important, factors that led to the accomplishment of the union of all Romanian provinces of the time.

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