Limba română vorbită în gramaticile din Austria: Ioan Piuariu-Molnar, Gramatică germano-română (1788)
Spoken Romanian Language in the Austrian Grammars: Ioan Piuariu-Molnar, Gramatică germano-română (1788)

Summary/Abstract: In his study, the author proposes a discussion upon the spoken Romanian language, as it was registered within the pages of a bilingual grammar appeared in Wien at the end of the 18th century, more exactly, in Ioan Piuariu-Molnar’s Gramatică germano-română (1788) ‘Romanian-German Grammar’. Beyond the descriptive characteristics of the grammar, within its pages, there is enclosed a range of conversational sentences (Some dialogues to express many ways of previous moods), where spoken language facts can be revealed, along the state of the Romanian language from that period, which can help us understand the most popular subjects or greetings of those times. Beside these aspects, the presenting method continues to be interesting, faithful sometimes to some models which overtook the Western Europe.

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