The superlative and the “super-superlative” in the language of the Romanian youth
The superlative and the “super-superlative” in the language of the Romanian youth

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the way the superlative, formed by means of the neological prefixes super-, hyper-, extra, ultra-, supra-, is rendered in the language of the Romanian youth. We have used examples selected from discussion forums present on the Internet. Even if some of the examples used are occasional structures that belong to a familiar and colloquial language, they illustrate the tendency to create a deliberate exaggeration and the clear desire to cross normal (superior or inferior) boundaries, as an answer to the need to be expressive and convincing.

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