Lingvistica istorică ieşeană: între realizări şi promisiuni de onorat
The Iaşi School of Historical Linguistics: between Achievements and Promises to be Honoured

Summary/Abstract: “The Iaşi School of Historical Linguistics: between Achievements and Promises to be Honoured” is a presentation based on the talk this author gave at the “A. Philippide” Institute of Romanian Philology on 30 November 2006. The main point of the presentation is that, for a period of about one century (since the time when Alexandru Philippide was writing his Originea românilor), historical linguistics has had a series of outstanding representatives at the University of Iaşi. Gheorghe Ivănescu, Theofil Simenschy, Haralambie Mihăescu, and Ariton Vraciu were scholars with quite valuable contributions to Indo-European studies, Romance studies, substratum studies, glottogenetics, and history of Romanian. They were followed by younger colleagues and disciples, such as Vasile Arvinte, Ioan Lobiuc, or Dragoş Moldovanu. For all differences of views and interests, they all somehow resumed ideas of their forerunner, Philippide; and not only did they enlarge and improve those ideas, but they also suggested new approaches for researchers to-be, as proved by many of the quotations included in this article.

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