ELEMENTS OF GREEK AND TURKISH ORIGIN IN THE WORKS OF ION BARBU AND IOAN GROṢAN

LEXICUL DE ORIGINE GREACÃ ṢI TURCÃ ŒN OPERA LUI ION BARBU ṢI A LUI IOAN GROṢAN

Abstract

The lexicon of the Romanian language was considerably influenced by
the Greek and Turkish languages. In order to find proper examples, we choose the
novel entitled “O sutã de ani de zile la Porṭile Orientului” by Ioan Groṣan and Ion
Barbu’s poem “Nastratin Hogea la Isarlâk”. The stylistic role of Greek and Turkish
words is to outline the Balkan and oriental atmosphere, thus the text becomes a
linguistic performance.