TERM AND TERMINOLOGY: BASIC APPROACHES, DEFINITIONS, AND INVESTIGATION METHODS (Eastern-European perspective)

Résumé

In this article, different views on term and terminology are analyzed and generalized. Various approaches to the concept “term” and its definitions are discussed. An attempt is made to formulate the relevant comprehensive definition generalizing the existing ones. It is shown that there exist grounds to treat terminology not only as a set of professional terms or a linguistic field or a teaching but also as a science operating with statistical and analytical methods in combination. Peculiarity of the proposed investigation methods is due to their generalized synthetic character manifesting in effective unsophisticated synthesis of common and subject field methods, including purely linguistic ones. The relevance of terminological methods to those of natural science and traditional linguistics is elucidated. It is stated that the application of statistical and analytical methods takes into account natural features of the objects of study, including terminology and linguistics in general. Prospects of future studies are formulated.