Romanian grammar: its peculiarities from Indo-European perspectives

Junichi Toyota

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Abstract

This article discusses peculiarities of the Romanian grammar in comparison with other Ind-European languages from historical perspective. It shows that Romanian uniquely preserves older characteristics of Indo-European languages, which makes it look 'an odd-one-out' among other Romance languages.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLanguage and literature: European landmarks of identity
EditorsCorina Georgescu
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Languages and Literature

Free keywords

  • Proto-Indo-European
  • Indo-European
  • Romanian
  • Romance

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