False friends in the romanian and english languages a comparative survey

Abstract

False friends or false cognates, a linguistic phenomenon, are an important topic within the study of language, a living organism that is constantly changing and evolving. Even though the focus of analysis in this paper is the concept of false friends, it is very important to comprehend the difference between these and cognate words. False friends often confuse what people are trying to communicate, especially when context cannot help in resolving the confusion. Hence, to avoid possible misunderstandings that might arise, it is important for learners to know the most important false friends between two languages.