Lumina vine de la Răsărit. Despre buna întrebuințare a gramaticii
Light Comes from the East. About the Proper Use of Grammar
The paper adresses the post-Stalinist development of linguistics in East-European countries, particularly focusing on the Romanian case. More specifically, it deals with the advance of Structuralism as a side effect of certain education policies of the regime. The primary scope of the study covers the interval of the 50s, aiming to describe the theoretical and institutional path of linguistics, determined by its strategic role within the formation of the ”new man”; but its conclusions extend towards the following two-three decades, as the paradigm established in the 50s would remain stable and convenient for linguistics studies in a Socialist environment.
Keywords: Structuralism, linguistics, social class, grammar, Communism
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