AUGMENTATIVES BORROWED FROM NON-ROMANCE LANGUAGES
AUGMENTATIVES BORROWED FROM NON-ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Author(s): Elena-Daniela Strigoiu (Marinescu)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Semiotics / Semiology, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, Semantics, Language acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Essay, Philology, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: augmentative; non-Romance languages; etymology; borrowing; definition;
Summary/Abstract: Through this article, we aim to highlight the influence of non-Romance languages on the development of the Romanian language vocabulary, by means of borrowed augmentatives.The study analyzes Romanian words borrowed from non-Romance languages, through which speakers express the idea of increased size or heightened intensity.The analysis is based on the definitions and etymological explanations provided by the Small Academic Dictionary – 2010, the Dictionary of the Romanian Language (Romanian Academy), and other dictionaries published by the Romanian Academy (in which the analyzed words were encountered).
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 45
- Page Range: 515-522
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian
