ENGLISH BORROWINGS IN THE ROMANIAN FINANCIAL MARKET TERMINOLOGY

EMPRUNTS EN ANGLAIS DANS LA TERMINOLOGIE DU MARCHE FINANCIER ROUMAIN

Abstract

It is widely known that financial markets are essential to capital
economies. Broadly speaking, the financial market terminology encompasses all the
words and phrases related to market places where securities are traded, including
the stock market, bond market, forex market and derivatives. (investopedia.com). It
goes without saying that their development is closely connected with the banking
system, impacted by cybercrime, interacting with the insurance sector and
contributing to the economic growth. Since the United States has developed one of
the most elaborated financial systems, the influence exerted by English on the other
world financial terminologies is undeniable. The Romanian financial market lexicon
is constantly changing and evolving, incorporating new words which denote new
realities. The present paper is devoted to investigating the presence of recently
adopted English borrowings (which have not yet been listed in Romanian
dictionaries) in the Romanian financial market terminology, field which is replete
with English borrowings, overlooking those who are phonologically and graphically
integrated into the Romanian lexicon and already familiar to the public at large.