THE PECULIARITIES OF TERMINOLOGICAL LEXIS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH BUSINESS TERMINOLOGY

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N. N. Solovyova,
senior lecturer, Omsk State Transport University, 35 Marx av., Omsk, 644046, Russian Federation
e-mail: natasha2012_natali@mail.ru

THE PECULIARITIES OF TERMINOLOGICAL LEXIS ON  THE  EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH BUSINESS TERMINOLOGY

Introduction. The article explores terminological vocabulary as a language of science, which serves to name an object, process, phenomenon, as well as its features: definition, characteristics, etymology, the main ways of term formation and their patterns, the process of determination, similarities and differences from the common vocabulary.

The purpose of the article is to consider the features of terms on the examples of English business terminology. The article refers to a case study in the field of philology. In this study, a large volume of mate- rial was analyzed.

The result of the study of terminological vocabulary was the proof that, despite the differences exist- ing between the literary language and the language of science, terminology develops on the basis of general literary language, taking into account its grammatical rules, word-building principles.

A study of the literature on this topic allowed the author to draw conclusions about the fact that lin- guists have been engaged in it for several decades, while it does not lose its relevance, because any national language is in constant development, new terms are created, their properties and attributes are widened. In addition, using the English business terminology for illustrating, the author came to the conclusion that the existing rules and characteristics are universal and applicable to different languages.

Keywords: Terms, common vocabulary, definition, word formation, morphemes, affixes, etymology, classification, structural types of words, determination.

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