RUSSIAN WORDS HERE AND BEYOND THE PRUT Cover Image

RUSISMELE AICI ȘI DINCOLO DE PRUT
RUSSIAN WORDS HERE AND BEYOND THE PRUT

Author(s): Marinela Doina Nistea
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: Russian borrowing; argot; surrogate; dialect; linguistic influence

Summary/Abstract: Borrowings from Russian which are not completely assimilated in the target language (in Romanian „rusisme”) were a constant linguistic procedure in mediaeval Romanian; some are still preserved in our language. A more significant presence of Russian borrowings can be noted in the Moldovan dialect, due to the long-term Russian influence in the area. The present study explains the reasons for this socio-cultural phenomenon and proposes a taxonomy of the present day terms resulted from this influence, by pointing out their relevance both in the academic and argot speech.

  • Issue Year: VII/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 48-53
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian