THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS
The activity of Romanian users in digital spaces oftentimes exhibits a dynamic code containing Romglish (the combination of Romanian and English features), which also reverberates in offline discourses and has an ongoing boomerang effect between offline and online interactions. By means of a survey,...
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| description | The activity of Romanian users in digital spaces oftentimes exhibits a dynamic code containing Romglish (the combination of Romanian and English features), which also reverberates in offline discourses and has an ongoing boomerang effect between offline and online interactions. By means of a survey, this paper investigates the Romanian collective imaginary which is set in the linguistic data. As the Romanian language constitutes a matrix in which English and Globish (a simplified pragmatic form of English) are embedded and they become part of a new dynamic code, destined to be changed at all levels (lexical, morphological, and syntactical), Romanian native speakers’ perception of Romglish is an important dimension. As such, this paper will analyse how individuals perceive their personal use of Romglish online and in face-to-face interactions: the use of the code created, the preferences and mechanisms of linguistic choices and linguistic creativity, the frequency of code-switching and code-mixing both in formal and informal contexts, and the degree of universality of the code used. The findings will provide insight not only specific to the aspects of the Romglish, but also related to the cognitive processes involved and the reasons which trigger such processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-330802d592754361ada1381e13c0f84f2023-10-31T11:45:02ZdeuCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia1220-04842065-96522023-03-01681211232https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2023.1.12THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONSAnamaria RADU0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4819-6975Alexandra COTOC1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2395-2958Junior lecturer PhD, Department of Romanian Language, Culture and Civilization, Faculty of Letters, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: anamaria.radu@ubbcluj.roLecturer PhD, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Email: alexandra.cotoc@ubbcluj.roThe activity of Romanian users in digital spaces oftentimes exhibits a dynamic code containing Romglish (the combination of Romanian and English features), which also reverberates in offline discourses and has an ongoing boomerang effect between offline and online interactions. By means of a survey, this paper investigates the Romanian collective imaginary which is set in the linguistic data. As the Romanian language constitutes a matrix in which English and Globish (a simplified pragmatic form of English) are embedded and they become part of a new dynamic code, destined to be changed at all levels (lexical, morphological, and syntactical), Romanian native speakers’ perception of Romglish is an important dimension. As such, this paper will analyse how individuals perceive their personal use of Romglish online and in face-to-face interactions: the use of the code created, the preferences and mechanisms of linguistic choices and linguistic creativity, the frequency of code-switching and code-mixing both in formal and informal contexts, and the degree of universality of the code used. The findings will provide insight not only specific to the aspects of the Romglish, but also related to the cognitive processes involved and the reasons which trigger such processes.http://www.studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/philologia/2023_1/12.pdfcollective imaginaryromglishglobishcognitive processesonline and offline interactions |
| spellingShingle | Anamaria RADU Alexandra COTOC THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia collective imaginary romglish globish cognitive processes online and offline interactions |
| title | THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS |
| title_full | THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS |
| title_fullStr | THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS |
| title_short | THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF ROMGLISH IN CYBERSPACE AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS |
| title_sort | collective imaginary of romglish in cyberspace and face to face interactions |
| topic | collective imaginary romglish globish cognitive processes online and offline interactions |
| url | http://www.studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/philologia/2023_1/12.pdf |
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