THE USE OF ACRONYMS AND INITIALISMS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH

Pop Anamaria Mirabela () and Sim Monica Ariana ()
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Pop Anamaria Mirabela: University of Oradea , Faculty of Economics
Sim Monica Ariana: University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2009, vol. 1, issue 1, 557-562

Abstract: Acronyms are abbreviations made up of the first letters of several words. They replace longer terms with simpler ones. In the English language, the widespread use of acronyms and initialisms is a relatively new linguistic phenomenon. As literacy rose, and

Keywords: acronyms; initialisms; business; English; communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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