DYNAMICS OF SEMANTIC CHANGES OF TERMINOELEMENTS IN ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE
DYNAMICS OF SEMANTIC CHANGES OF TERMINOELEMENTS IN ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE
Author(s): Vylina Grynchuk, Bogdana KachanSubject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Видавництво ВДНЗ України « Буковинський державний медичний університет »
Keywords: medical discourse; a terminology unit; semantic changes; homonymy; polysemy; metaphor;
Summary/Abstract: The characteristic features of the dynamics of terminoelements semantic change in English medical discourse is homonymy, polysemy, metaphor and metaphorical transfer, pejoration, generalization, specialization, amelioration that undergoes dynamic changes in terminological nomination. The dynamics of semantic changes demonstrate the difficulties of translation during the work of translator with a medical text, requiring a detailed analysis of the lexical layer in the medical discourse.
Journal: Актуальні питання суспільних наук та історії медицини
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 32-35
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English