Mariana Varlan
CONTENTS
Preface / 7
CHAPTER I: NOTIONS OF PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY / 11
Generalities / 11
Typical sounds: vowels, semivowels, consonants, letters, the alphabet of the Romanian language / 11
Diphthongs, triphthongs, vocal in hiatus / 12
Annexes: / 14
The phonological system of the Romanian language: / 14
Vocal system / 14
The picture of the Romanian consonants / 15
Written transposition of the elements of the phonetic system of the Romanian language / 22
Phonetic alternations / 30
Conditional phonetic changes / 31
Accent / 37
CHAPTER II: NOTIONS OF SPELLING AND ORTHOPHY / 42
The principles of Romanian orthography and orthoepy / 42
Some orthographic and orthoepic norms (rules) of the Romanian language / 44
Separation of words into syllables / 54
CHAPTER III: NOTIONS OF PUNCTURE / 62
Punctuation and spelling marks / 62
Writing in uppercase and lowercase / 73
CHAPTER IV: GENERAL NOTIONS OF LEXICOLOGY / 76
Vocabulary structure / 76
Functional-hierarchical structure of vocabulary / 76
Semantic structure of vocabulary / 87
Word - meaning - context / 87
Etymological structure of vocabulary / 101
Means of enriching vocabulary / 110
Other vocabulary problems / 122
C A P I T O L U L A L V - L E A: N O T I U N I G E N E R A L E D E
MORPHOLOGY / 125
Article / 126
The noun / 133
Adjective / 146
Pronouns / 154
The numeral / 183
Verbul / 192
Adverb / 212
Preposition / 218
Conjunctia / 223
Interjection / 228
CHAPTER VI: GENERAL NOTIONS OF SYNTAX / 232
Generalities / 232
Sentence parts / 241
Subject / 241
Predicate / 248
Attribute / 256
Complement / 259