«Romania», «Romanitas», «Romanistica» Authors Antoni M. Badia i Margarit Abstract On resuming the publication of ER I examine the meaning of a (new) journal of Romance philology at the present time, when there is no lack of voices auguring a decline in this field. Does Romance philology still have a reason for being today? Latin became fragmented, giving shape to the Romance tongues which came in time to ac-quire a rank previously reserved to that language. The Renaissance encouraged the equation ?one country = one language? to the detriment of the languages lacking their own state. Romance philology arose in the 19th century and by the middle of the 20th it reached a high scientific level that involved, in many cases, a clear component of humanism. At the present time Romance philology coexists with other methods and is enriched by its contact with them. If research into particular Romance languages has been gaining prevalence, this does not mean that research on the ensemble of Romance languages must disappear. To the contrary, vast perspectives are opening today to Romance philology thanks to the proliferation of methods and to pluridisciplinarity. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2001-06-08 Issue Vol. 22 (2000) Section Articles License Aquesta obra és subjecta —llevat que s'indiqui el contrari en el text, en les fotografies o en altres il·lustracions— a una llicència Reconeixement - No comercial - Sense obres derivades 3.0 Espanya de Creative Commons, el text complet de la qual es pot consultar a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Així, doncs, s'autoritza al públic en general a reproduir, distribuir i comunicar l'obra sempre que se'n reconegui l'autoria i l'entitat que la publica i no se'n faci un ús comercial ni cap obra derivada.
