„Pills” and other remedies to help cultivate an educated language - How do we speak and how do we write Romanian Cover Image

„Pastile” și alte remedii pentru cultivarea limbii - Cum mai vorbim și cum mai scriem românește
„Pills” and other remedies to help cultivate an educated language - How do we speak and how do we write Romanian

Author(s): Elena Silvestru
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Semantics
Published by: Școala Națională de Grefieri
Keywords: lexical-semantic confusions; paronyms; pleonasms; cacophony;

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims to highlight some difficulties related to knowledge, sometimes precarious, of the meaning of some words, both recently appeared in the language, but also older words, which we hear deformed, confused or improperly used in the process of verbal communication.

  • Issue Year: 1/2022
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 41-51
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian