Open AccessMetaphorization as a basis for transterminologization in the sphere od subject terminological nominations
Author(s) -
Natalya N. Gorbunova,
Rustam A. Archakov,
Lalita A. Akhtayeva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aktualʹnye problemy filologii i pedagogičeskoj lingvistiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-029X
pISSN - 2079-6021
DOI - 10.29025/2079-6021-2020-3-92-109
Subject(s) - analogy , phenomenon , computer science , terminology , context (archaeology) , linguistics , term (time) , meaning (existential) , subject (documents) , epistemology , geography , philosophy , world wide web , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of the article is to analyze the phenomenon of terminological metaphorization inthe context of the hypothesis that this process is the cognitive basis for transsterminologization in the field ofsubject terminological nominations. The authors have selected such areas as programming and stock trading asan empirical base. To solve the research issues, the authors used the following general scientific and linguisticmethods: descriptive method, method of definition analysis, method of continuous selection. The selection of78 metaphorical terms of software development and exchange trading selected by the method of continuousselection from the total corpus of 2870 analyzed terms has served as the material for the research. The analysishas shown that a significant number of terms in the areas of programming and exchange trading are formedon the basis of metaphorical transfer. Subject terminological nominations designating certain fragments ofthe professional picture of the world has moved into this area without changing their form (simple terms) andserved as the basis for the construction of derived term combinations based on a metaphorical transfer in newsubject areas. The transition of a term to a different field of knowledge is conditioned by an analogy in thedescription of the phenomenon, or an analogy in the structure of the term, in its stylistic properties, in the functional and lexical meaning of the words that make up the term. The process of transsterminologization appearsas a multi-stage and multidimensional phenomenon, which includes both the discursive use of the term, andits formal and semantic-stylistic characteristics. In general, the process of metaphorization plays an importantrole in term formation. The properties of metaphors suggest that the metaphor should be considered within theframework of an anthropocentric approach with the help of the cognitive-linguistic analysis.