ASPECTS OF THE SEMANTIC ASSIMILATION OF ANGLICISMS IN ROMANIAN AND THEIR POSSIBLE STYLISTIC VALUES Cover Image

ASPECTS OF THE SEMANTIC ASSIMILATION OF ANGLICISMS IN ROMANIAN AND THEIR POSSIBLE STYLISTIC VALUES
ASPECTS OF THE SEMANTIC ASSIMILATION OF ANGLICISMS IN ROMANIAN AND THEIR POSSIBLE STYLISTIC VALUES

Author(s): Liliana Florina Andronache, Cristina Veronica Andreescu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: Anglicisms; semantics; assimilation; stylistic value; Romanian; connotation

Summary/Abstract: The focus of the present paper is the review of some aspects regarding the semantic assimilation of words of English origin, of the situations in which Anglicisms keep the original meaning from the source-language (English), of the changes undergone in the target language (Romanian), and last but not least of the connotations that certain loan-words may take under the influence of other Romanian words.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 79-86
  • Page Count: 8