Introduction to the study of the Romanian language

Origins: the first foreign records regarding the origin of the Romanians and the Romanian language, the names Vlach and Romanian, the definition of the Romanian language in the sense of Alexandru Rosetti, the argument for the Roman descent of the Romanians.

Latinity: the origin of the Roman colonists in the province of Dacia, the language spoken by the Roman colonists in Dacia, the cities where Roman legions were stationed in Dacia, the characterization of the type of Latin language that left traces in the Romanian language, the absence of written Latin culture in Dacia.

Continuity: the fate of the Dacians after the Roman conquest in the record of Eutropius, arguments for the continuity of the Dacians after the Roman conquest, the Roman withdrawal from Dacia in 271, the fate of the majority of the Roman population in Dacia after the abandonment of the province by the Empire.

Romanians and others: features of early Romanian culture and civilization, the period of formation of the Romanian language, the role of the absence of written Latin in the rapid development of the Romanian language, migratory peoples who lived briefly on the territory of Dacia in the early Middle Ages, explanations for the absence of the influence of the language of any of these migratory peoples on the Romanian language.

The emergence of Romanian states: the Hungarian conquest of Transylvania and words of Hungarian origin in the Romanian language, the personality of Basarab I and the circumstances of Wallachia's independence, the personality of Bogdan I and the circumstances of Moldavia's independence.

Written Romanian

The Romanian language today

C1.1. Defining, describing and explaining the main concepts, theories, methods specific to the study of languages
C1.2. Using the conceptual apparatus specific to the field to explain fundamental linguistic phenomena specific to the field
A1.1. Applying some principles, basic rules to understand a written/oral text, respectively to express oneself in writing/orally in an appropriate manner, taking into account all the elements involved (linguistic, socio-linguistic, pragmatic, semantic, stylistic)