7 CONTENTS LAUDATIO ............................................................................................... 11 TABULA GRATULATORIA .................................................................... 15 FLORENTINA ANGHEL, DETAILS SHAPING IDENTITY IN CARYL CHURCHILL’S A NUMBER AND TOP GIRLS.................... 19 SIMINA BADEA, DISCOVERING ISOMORPHISM AND ANISOMORPHISM IN THE TRANSLATION OF LEGAL TERMS: SOME PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF SYNONYMY................... 30 ANDREEA BRATU, BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN OBITUARY AND EPITAPH: ATYPICAL FUNERARY INSCRIPTIONS.................. 38 CRISTINA-EUGENIA BURTEA-CIOROIANU, IMPORTANȚA STUDIERII TEXTELOR LITERARE ÎN ÎNVĂȚAREA LIMBII ROMÂNE DE CĂTRE STUDENȚII STRĂINI .......................................................... 51 ELENA BUTOESCU, CHRONOTOPES OF LONDON CITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH PERIODICALS ..................... 60 ILONA BĂDESCU, DESPRE UNELE ANGLICISME DIN DOMENIUL MODEI......................................................................... 72 NINA AURORA BĂLAN, MITOLOGII LINGVISTICE ŞI LITERARE ÎN STĂPÂNUL INELELOR DE J. R. TOLKIEN........................................ 81 SORIN CAZACU, THE POWER OF THE POST-RACIAL GAZE IN TONI MORRISON’S GOD SAVE THE CHILD................................... 91 MĂDĂLINA CERBAN, THE TAXIS STRUCTURE IN THE SHORT STORY PHILOMEL COTTAGE BY AGATHA CHRISTIE..................... 99 MARIA CRISTINA CHINTESCU, CHINESE DIASPORA IN AMY TAN’S FICTION (THE JOY LUCK CLUB AND THE KITCHEN’S GOD WIFE) ............................................................... 108 8 CECILIA CONDEI, UN PAN DE RECHERCHE INTERCULTURELLE LE CHAMP ROUMAIN DE L’ÉCOLE ET SES ACTEURS ................. 118 ADRIANA COSTĂCHESCU, L’EXPRESSION DU GENITIF EN FRANÇAIS, EN ANGLAIS ET EN ROUMAIN .............................. 130 BOGDANA CRIVĂȚ, ZU POSSESSIVEN ADJEKTIVISCHEN ZUSAMMENBILDUNGEN IM HEUTIGEN DEUTSCH ....................... 150 MĂDĂLINA DEACONU, THE SEARCH OF ABSOLUTE IN LUCIAN BLAGA’S IN GREAT TRANSITION .................................. 161 GEORGIANA-ELENA DILĂ, EXPLORING THE TWO WORLDS OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S A FAREWELL TO ARMS....................... 180 DANIELA DINCĂ, POLYSÉMIE DES TERMES JURIDIQUES: DU SENS PROPRE AU SENS FIGURÉ................................................. 189 OANA-ADRIANA DUȚĂ, LA CONFIGURACIÓN DEL CAMPO SEMÁNTICO DE LA LUZ EN ESPAÑOL Y EN RUMANO............... . 199 IULIA CRISTINA FRÎNCULESCU, TRADUCEREA TERMENULUI MEDICAL POLISEMANTIC RATE DIN ENGLEZĂ ÎN ROMÂNĂ.... 210 ALI MOHAMMED HASAN, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER ............................................................................................ 220 MARIANA OCHEȘEL, LES CONTRIBUTIONS ASPECTUELLES DES TIROIRS VERBAUX EN FRANÇAIS, ITALIEN ET EN ANGLAIS..................................................................................... 235 DIANA OȚĂT, LEGAL ENGLISH AS LEGAL LINGUA FRANCA: RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE VIEWS ................................ 249 CLAUDIA PISOSCHI, IDENTITY FACETS IN TRANSITIONAL BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS..................................................... 260 ELENA PÎRVU, RIFERIMENTI ALL’ITALIANO NELLA GRAMMATICA DI IENĂCHIŢĂ VĂCĂRESCU.................... 271 9 MIHAELA PRIOTEASA, THE THOUGHT ABOUT THOUGHT: EDGAR ALLAN POE’S ANALYTIC SELF IN THE PURLOINED LETTER................................................................ 277 GEORGIANA REISS, LEXICAL FEATURES OF EU DOCUMENTS. AN OVERVIEW ..................................................... 285 ALINA REȘCEANU, MONOTONICITY AND THE SYNTAX OF CÂT/CÂŢI DEGREE PHRASES IN ROMANIAN............................ 297 DANIELA ROGOBETE, IN MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS A STUDY CASE: E. E. CUMMINGS’ MY FATHER MOVED THROUGH DOOMS OF LOVE ................................................................................... 321 ANA-MARIA TRANTESCU, EAR IDIOMS IN ENGLISH AND ROMANIAN. A COGNITIVE APPROACH................................. 331 ANDREEA DANIELA ȚACU, RECONSTRUCTING WOMANHOOD IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE ALICE WALKER’S THE COLOR PURPLE........................................... 358 ALINA ŢENESCU, FOOD PERCEPTION, SYNAESTHETIC IMAGERY AND OLIVE OIL ADVERTISING DISCOURSE............... 365 CRISTIANA MARINELA VĂRGATU, CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF HEART IDIOMS IN ENGLISH AND ROMANIAN .................................................................................. . 374 TITELA VÎLCEANU, USER-CENTREDNESS IN DOING INSTITUTIONAL TERMINOLOGY WORK......................................... 369