Adjectivul în presa contemporana românească
Adjectival style in current Romanian press language

Summary/Abstract: Within the stylistic „spectrum” of any language, the journalistic style represents the junction of the stylistic variations. Becoming heterogeneous, by means of treating various subjects regarding social, economic, political, scientific, or artistic manifestations, the journalistic style assumes the role of a stylistic „link”. Its vast range of topics – audio-visual, oral, or written – entails the great variety of manifestation forms. Through its up-to-date information, the openness for the assimilation of new notions, its concern with linguistic innovation, the journalistic style outstands due to mobility and accessibility. However, the reality expressed in various forms, objectively or subjectively, gains colour and shape due to the presence of adjectives, the means of expression being multiple and varied. Considering its rich semantic content, this lexical-grammatical class occurs in objective, scientific, technical texts, as well as in literary or journalistic ones. This wide range of uses is determined by the capacity of the adjective to render various features, characteristics, peculiarities of real or imaginary objects. Among the particular features of adjectives occurring in the journalistic style, the following ones are representative: the use of neologisms, of argotic and vulgar language, linguistic stereotypy, the use of the superlative, pre-positioning of adjectives (as themes), along with others, all of them tightly linked to the features of the current Romanian press language.

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