SPECIAL ASPECTS OF POLYSEMANTIC TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN SPECIAL LITERATURE

Author:

T. A. Novikova,
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor,
Head of Russian and Foreign Languages Department Omsk State Transport University,
35 Marx Ave., Omsk, 644046, Russian Federation,
e-mail: tnovikova54@bk.ru

Abstract:

Introduction. The article deals with the problem of technical terms polysemy.

Materials and Methods. The study was based on the investigation methods of studying methodologi-cal, pedagogical, linguistic literature on the research subject; interdisciplinary theoretical analysis; quantita-tive and qualitative analysis of research results; methods of statistical processing of actual data.

Results. The article explores polysemantic technical terms: words having double-meaning, triple-meaning, quadruple-meaning, penta-meaning.

Conclusions. In general, the special aspects of polysemantic technical terms coincide with the ability to use common words in speech and they are of the same nature and a subject to the same language laws as the words of common usage.

Keywords:

Polysemy, terminological field, classified attributes; double-meaning, triple-meaning, quadruple-meaning, penta-meaning technical terms; semantic invariant, terminologization.