Stelian Traian Dumistrăcel – A Life-long Journey dedicated to the Romanian Language

The article represents a tribute to an exceptional scientific authority of the Romanian philology, Professor Stelian Traian Dumistrăcel. His scientific activity included several fields of the language sciences, standing out due to his deep, rigurous and original contribution. His prodigious work includes substantial contributions in dialectology, lexicology, lexicography, stylistics, textual linguistics, history of literary language, Romance linguistics, ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics. All these represent the fruitful activity of a lifetime devoted to science, both as an emeritus researcher at the “Alexandru Philippide” Romanian Institute of Philology, Iași, as well as a Professor at the Department of Journalism of the Faculty of Letters of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași as well as at the Faculty of Letters of “Dunărea of Jos” University of Galați.