Grigore Brâncuș (March 20, 1929, Peștișani, Romania – April 2, 2022,

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) was a Romanian linguist and philologist, member of the

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Activity

Brâncuș completed his university studies at the Faculty of Philology of the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

in 1953, the same University where he would continue his academic activity for nearly half a century 18 of them as the head of the Department of Romanian Language. Brâncuș completed his PhD in Historical Linguistics and Balkanology under the supervision of

Alexandru Rosetti Alexandru Rosetti (October 20, 1895 – February 27, 1990) was a Romanian linguist, editor, and memoirist. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Petre Rosetti Bălănescu, a lawyer and landowner, and his wife Zoe (''née'' Cornescu), whose father wro ...

and was known for his research in the interlinguistic relations between Albanian and Romanian.In memoriam Grigore Brâncuș
/ref> In 2017, he was awarded the

Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the defunct Order of Michael the Brave. It is awarded by the President of Romania. It has five r ...

, Knight rank.

Selected works

* “B. P. Hasdeu, lingvist și filolog” (1968); * “Limba română contemporană. Morfologia verbului” (1976) * “Limba română. Modele de analiză gramaticală” (1996); * “Gramatica limbii române. Morfologia, în colaborare” (1998); * „Introducere în istoria limbii române” (2002); * “Istoria cuvintelor. Unitate de limbă și cultură românească” (2004); * “Studii de istorie a limbii române” (2007); * “Expresie populară în ciclul „La Lilieci” de Marin Sorescu” (2014).

References

1929 births 2022 deaths Linguists from Romania Romanian philologists University of Bucharest alumni People from Gorj County Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Titular members of the Romanian Academy {{Romania-linguist-stub