„Spelling and punctuation rules of the Moldovan language” from 1967: their application in the school books of the time

The grammar entitled Normele ortografice și de punctuație ale limbii moldovenești, edited in 1967 in Chișinău, is a result of the implementation of Decision no. 201 on the introduction of the letter ,,ӂ” (gi) in the alphabet of the Moldovan language (May 17, 1967), for ,a more accurate rendering of the sound ,,dj”. The elaboration of this decision, as well as the introduction of the new graphic sign, is a repercussion of the 3rd Congress of the Union of Writers from October 1965, when it was requested to return to the Latin script, thus forming the premises for new events to awaken national consciousness in Bessarabia. Therefore, in the present study, we investigate the degree of implementation of the new orthographic and orthoepic norms in the school textbooks of that period and the reflection of socio-political events in their content.