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International terms in Romanian
International terms in Romanian

Author(s): Elena Isabelle Tamba
Subject(s): Language studies, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Comparative Linguistics, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: neologism; international term; communication; globalization;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with international terms in the Romanian language, which were borrowed tale quale from other languages over the last 30 years. Moreover, these terms, designating certain new realities, are introduced, as such, in multiple languages simultaneously, in part due to the globalisation process that the society is undergoing and which results in the possibility of having a uniform understanding of the realities of all kinds, which, in turn, result naturally and immediately in a conceptual and linguistic homogenisation

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: VI
  • Page Range: 42-48
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English
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