Esperantology

In today's world, Esperantology is a topic that has sparked great interest and debate in society. Whether due to its impact on people's daily lives, its historical relevance or its influence on various cultural aspects, Esperantology continues to be a current topic that captures the attention of millions of people around the world. Through this article, we will explore in depth the multiple facets and dimensions of Esperantology, analyzing its importance, evolution and repercussions in different areas.

Esperantology, or Esperantic studies, is a special Esperanto linguistics whose subjects are word construction, word assembly, word introduction and transcription of umbrella terms and proper names. Esperantology principles of word construction are exemplary of the principles of necessity and sufficiency which postulate a balance between conciseness and clarity of the word. Regarding word roots, esperantology sets these principles:

  • The principle of internationality
  • The principle of analogy with other language elements
  • The principle of the vocabulary being economical
  • The principle of euphony

As it is possible to see, all these principles are not always in accordance among themselves; for example the principle of internationality asks for the word internacionala while the analogy and the dictionary being economical as for the word internacia. In the language, the second and third rule are stronger than the first one.

Besides, the absolute validity of the above-mentioned principles also obstructs the language use, which can sanction not that correct forms and can clarify forms not clear enough.

Literature

  • Wüster: Esperantologiaj principoj (E-Germana Vortaro). Neergard: Fremdvortoj en E. Tie oni trovas ankaŭ bibliografian liston. KALOCSAY.
  • Welger: Germanlingva studo pri la starigo, prioritatigo kaj interagado de planlingvaj kvalitokriterioj en la verkaro de Zamenhof

References

  1. ^ Blanke, Detlev (2015). "How Not to Reinvent the Wheel: ... The Essential Scholarly Literature in Interlinguistics and Esperantology". Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems. 13 (2): 200–215. doi:10.7906/indecs.13.2.2. ISSN 1334-4676.

See also

Wikious
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