#ardeleniza

• Transylvanianize — To adopt traits, customs, speech particularities, or cultural elements specific to the inhabitants of Ardeal (Transylvania); to impart a Transylvanian character to a linguistic, social, or structural element. In a reflexive sense (a se ardeleniza), the term describes the process through which a person settled in Transylvania gradually assimilates the steady rhythm of local life, the specific phonetic accent, and regional idiomatic expressions.
• Ardelenizant — Tending toward Transylvanian linguistic assimilation; adopting, displaying, or introducing phonetic, lexical, or syntactic elements specific to the dialects of Ardeal (Transylvania). In literary history and philology, the term describes writers or manuscripts from other regions that exhibit a pronounced structural influence of Transylvanian linguistic norms.
• Transylvanianization — The act of becoming Transylvanianized and its result; a structural process through which a person, a community, or a text adopts the dialect, customs, mentality, or cultural specificity of Ardeal (Transylvania). In linguistics, it describes the assimilation or modification of language elements under the influence of Transylvanian dialectal norms.