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Zece categorii de inconsecvenţe semantice prezente în limbajul asistenţei sociale din spaţiul românesc
Ten Categories of Inconsequentialities from the Romanian Social Work Language

Author(s): Cosmin Goian
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: POLIROM & Universitatea Bucureşti - Dept. de Sociologie şi Asistenţă Socială
Keywords: social work; language; semantic inconsequentially

Summary/Abstract: In its diachronic evolution, the language used in social work field, transferred from its archaic forms and spiritual orthodox influence, into a language either exclusive Anglicized, or adapted according to medical or judicial models. Despite the central position that the language inhabit in many social work activities, its meanings had been quite rear explored at international level, much less within Romanian slot. In such a context, interesting and concerning is the existence in the field of a phenomenon with a tendency of Turn Babel type with effects in the evolution social work profession. In this article will be presented an inventory of the 10 (ten) categories of semantic inconsequentially from the social work language as a result of specialist interviewing, of literature reference analysis, legislation, public presentations, translation, and off beneficiary’s perception.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 79-90
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian