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Loanwords and loan-translations – loss of identity or achievement of prestige?

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Publication: The Proceedings of the International Conference Globalization, Intercultural Dialogue and National Identity. Section: Language and Discourse, 2, p. 150-155
ISBN:978-606-93691-3-5
Editors:Iulian Boldea
Publisher:Arhipelag XXI Press
Place:Tîrgu-Mureş
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Abstract:The paper aims to approach both major advantages of loanwords and loan-translations, i.e. prestige and modernity in one’s speech, and a major disadvantage, which seems to be the loss of identity of the speaker’s discourse once loanwords and loan-translations become part of it.
Key words:loanwords, loan-translations, advantages, disadvantages, English
Language: English
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