Romanian False Friends -
A cultural Challenge
Romanian False Friends -
A cultural Challenge
Author(s): Maria-Zoica Balaban (Ghitan)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: False friends; expertise; location; mandatory; online DEX; recycling Romanian words and expressions; interview; to realize; to determine; to visualize; historical linguistic; origin.
Summary/Abstract: False friends are pairs of words or phrases in two or more languages that look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning. False friends can cause difficulty for students learning a foreign language, particularly one that is related to their native language, because students are likely to identify the words wrongly due to linguistic interference. Romanian False Friends have been a challenge for many researchers in recent years due to the fact that we have borrowed a lot of new words from other languages, especially English, words that, unfortunately, haven’t been adapted and used correctly in linguistic contexts.
Journal: Lingua. Language and Culture
- Issue Year: XII/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-64
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
