Varieties of “Doublespeak” in Present-Day Romania

Luciana Radut-Gaghi

Varieties of “Doublespeak” in Present-Day Romania
Suivre cet auteur Luciana Radut-Gaghi
In Hermès, La Revue Volume 58, Issue 3, September 2010, pages 81 to 85

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This article describes how forms of “doublespeak” have multiplied in present-day Romania. A historical overview reveals the similarities between slogans and expressions used by politicians or the media in the contemporary and communist periods. The current debate on “doublespeak” in organizations reinforces the idea that, looking beyond the jargon and the manipulative aims, this type of language is constantly—and naturally—evolving. But contemporary “doublespeak” is virtually absent in Romanian research on the subject, which has not looked beyond the fall of the communist regime in 1989.

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Romania
post-communist politics
the media
democratic sphere
language of organisations

Luciana Radut-Gaghi

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ISO 690		Copy RADUT-GAGHI Luciana, « La (nouvelle) langue de bois dans la Roumanie actuelle », Hermès, La Revue, 2010/3 (n° 58), p. 81-85. DOI : 10.3917/herm.058.0081. URL : https://preprod.cairn.info/revue-hermes-la-revue-2010-3-page-81.htm
ISO 690		Copy RADUT-GAGHI Luciana, "Varieties of “Doublespeak” in Present-Day Romania", Hermès, La Revue, 2010/3 (No 58), p. 81-85. URL: https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal-hermes-la-revue-2010-3-page-81.htm
MLA		Copy Radut-Gaghi, Luciana. « La (nouvelle) langue de bois dans la Roumanie actuelle », Hermès, La Revue, vol. 58, no. 3, 2010, pp. 81-85.
MLA		Copy Radut-Gaghi, Luciana. "Varieties of “Doublespeak” in Present-Day Romania", Hermès, La Revue, vol. 58, no. 3, 2010, pp. 81-85.
APA		Copy Radut-Gaghi, L. (2010). La (nouvelle) langue de bois dans la Roumanie actuelle. Hermès, La Revue, 58, 81-85. https://doi.org/10.3917/herm.058.0081
APA		Copy Radut-Gaghi, L. (2010). Varieties of “Doublespeak” in Present-Day Romania. Hermès, La Revue, 58, 81-85. https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal--2010-3-page-81.htm.
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