Latin Romance modernization of the Romanian literary vocabulary was attained, at the end of the 18th century, primarily by lexical borrowing and by calque. The documents also indicate an inherent component of the process, several authors arguing, sometimes in theoretical writings, for the formation of neologisms through derivation from the “root words”, basic vocabulary lexemes inherited from Latin.
Key words:
History of language, literary vocabulary, Latin Romance modernization, derivation, calque
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