Grigore Brâncuș (20 March 1929,
Peștișani, Romania – 2 April 2022,
Bucharest
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) was a Romanian linguist and philologist, Albanologist,
member of the Romanian Academy
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.
Activity
Brâncuș completed his university studies at the Faculty of Philology of the
University of Bucharest
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in 1953, the same University where he would continue his academic activity and became a university teacher at 21 years old, for nearly half a century (1950-1999). For 18 years he was the head of the Department of Romanian Language. Brâncuș completed his PhD in Historical Linguistics and
Balkanology under the supervision of
Alexandru Rosetti and was known for his research in the interlinguistic relations between Albanian and Romanian.
In memoriam Grigore Brâncuș
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In 2017, he was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania
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, 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
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