Open AccessCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TERM-METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN CONSTRUCTION TERMINOLOGY
Author(s) -
I.G KUDRYAVTSEVA,
I.I YUDINA
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
baltijskij gumanitarnyj žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-9780
pISSN - 2311-0066
DOI - 10.26140/bgz3-2021-1001-0085
Subject(s) - terminology , term (time) , word formation , computer science , linguistics , natural language processing , metaphor , artificial intelligence , contrastive analysis , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
Purpose : To identify similarities and differences in the metaphorical way of formation of English and Russian construction terms, to identify the main lexical-semantic groups of common words that are the main sources of formation of term-metaphors in both languages . Methods . Comparative, descriptive and definitional methods were used to analyze language units and their dictionary definitions, identify similarities and national peculiarities of this method of term-formation. Results . Metaphorical transfer of commonly used concepts to special concepts is one of the sources of replenishment and updating of terminology. Groups of commonly used words and attributes that were used for naming special concepts are highlighted. Cases of using term-metaphors to form new terms using morphological means, word composition, or syntactic method are considered. The semantic relations between term- metaphors in Russian and English terminology are investigated. Conclusions. The article considers one of the ways of semantic term-formation, which is based on comparing the features of a new special concept with the features of an already known original concept, which contributes to the rapid fixation of this new concept in the mind of a specialist. Differences in the formation of term- metaphors should be taken into account when translating special texts.