Coactivity: Philology, Educology / Santalka: Filologija, Edukologija, Vol 24, No 1 (2016)

The Terms in the Special Language: Norms, Usage, and Tendency

Virginija Stankevičienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)

Abstract


One of the most important issues of terminology remains term variance (or synonymy). In order to find out the trends of terms usage in the language for specific purposes, the comprehensive analysis of dictionaries, coursebooks, students’ survey was carried out. It allowed to determine prevalent types in the terminology of economics and chemistry, to analyze the prevalence of Lithuanian and international terms synonymy, term usage tendencies in students’ language and academic texts. Summarizing the investigation results it can be stated that in the special language of economics and chemistry, term variants were both presented in dictionaries and used by teachers.

Article in: Lithuanian

Article published: 2016-06-07

Keyword(s): economics; chemistry terms; usage; language for specific purposes; dictionaries; synonyms.

DOI: 10.3846/cpe.2016.286

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