Globalization – Direct and Indirect Effects on Terminologies

• Main Author: Mariana Bara
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hyperion University 2012-10-01
• Series: HyperCultura
• Subjects: terminology; standardization; formal level; Anglicisms; globalization
• Online Access: http://litere.hyperion.ro/hypercultura/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Bara-Mariana_pdf-1.pdf

Abstract The rapid globalization in the second half of the 20th century, promoting a certain set of material and monetary values, left deep imprints not only on the economic life, but also on the cultural phenomena, including terminology. The uniform distribution and the generalized use of some concepts, ideas and values, are imposing trends in communicational behaviours and – for this reason – a certain level of standardization. One can describe the effects of this process on Romanian terminologies both in terms of formal equivalents in different languages, and in a semantic and pragmatic perspective. The adapted neologisms and the generalized use of lexical structures of English origin, the wide spread of Anglicisms are direct effects. One of the indirect effects is the current standardization of terminologies and of definitions in sciences (including the political ones), but also in trade, services, industry or electronic communication.