Anglicisms in Sports Language
Anglicisme în limbajul sportiv

Summary/Abstract: In a world subject to daily political changes and socio-economic transformations which are increasing, different religions and multiple cultures, the universal language perceived by the entire humanity is sport. Whether it is a game or a high level competition, whether they are numbers, whether it is natural or is useful for different materials and installations, it eventually manages to overcome all ideologies. In this article we will analyse some anglicisms of sporty origin that entered in our language, referring mostly to those of wide circulation. The laborious process of anglicisms assimilation requires a thoroughly devised selection of those criteria meant to prevent luxury loanwords from permeating into Romanian.

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