Medical terminology in cognitive aspect: features of the terminological field “surgical instruments” in the German language

DOI

10.2991/ismge-19.2019.83How to use a DOI?

Keywords

terminology, medical terminology, cognitive terminology, terminological field, suffixation, prefixation, synonym, eponym, metaphor-term

Abstract

This article focuses on the features of the terminological field “surgical instruments” of the German language. The terminological field “surgical instruments” of the German language was analysed by means of structural, definitional and conceptual analysis. The material for the study is simple, complex terms and terminological word-combinations which belong to the studied terminological field. It was found that main features of the terminological field “surgical instruments” in the German language determined by professional specificity are: 1) Greek, Latin, European terms, as well as Greek and Latin terminoelements form the basis of the analysed terminological field; 2) there is a tendency to the usage of national terms; 3) functioning of 4 thematic groups of metaphor-terms (artefact, zoomorphic, floristic, anthropomorphic metaphors); 4) the high frequency of the terminological two-word-combinations (57.8%) and complex noun-terms with two terms in their structure (67.4%) which is associated with the fact of speech economy; 5) the use of eponyms which is explained not only by the desire to perpetuate the name of scientists who invented or modified the instrument, but also by the nominative crisis during the description of the complex construction of the surgical instrument.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sanya Madzhaeva
AU  - Tatiana Lukoyanova
AU  - Alisa Sinitsina
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Medical terminology in cognitive aspect: features of the terminological field “surgical instruments” in the German language
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Practical Conference "The Individual and Society in the Modern Geopolitical Environment" (ISMGE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 436
EP  - 441
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ismge-19.2019.83
DO  - 10.2991/ismge-19.2019.83
ID  - Madzhaeva2019/07
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