Coexistence of Determinologisms of Different Thematic Groups in Artistic Discourse

The paper outlines the most relevant aspects of the study of term vocabulary while working with students of engineering and technical specialties. A number of general scientific research methods were used: analysis, classification, systematization, interpretation. This made it possible to solve a number of specific tasks: a) to identify the most relevant issues in the current context of terminology and group them into certain areas of study; b) describe typical problems related to the understanding of each aspect; c) identify the latest challenges in the study of term vocabulary and propose original approaches to their analysis. Emphasis is placed on five problematic issues that are especially important in the current context of globalization of society and internationalization of the educational process. Firstly, clarification of the basic concepts of terminology (term, terminology, terminological system) and the specifics of the term as a special language unit, characterized by standardized, unambiguous, systematic, and so on. Secondly, determining the ratio of national and borrowed in terminology. This problem is still acute, as at the present stage Ukrainian terminological systems are under intense foreign influence, including the saturation of English-language elements. Thirdly, the study of the experience of terminological work in the historical and comparative context, which allows modern scholars to involve in the terminological systems of previous periods and the most suitable examples of terminological creation of other languages. Fourthly, the study of the functional characteristics of term vocabulary, in particular the processes of terminologisation and determinologisation, because in the context of intellectualization of modern society is intensive migration of vocabulary from industry terminologies to general literary language and vice versa. Fifthly, the analysis of cultural problems of scientific and technical speech, as in the terminology and in general in the scientific style of the literary Ukrainian language there are numerous deviations from the norm, partly related to phonetic and orthographic adaptation of borrowed terminological units. It is highlighted that all these aspects are inextricably linked, and the study of term vocabulary requires a comprehensive approach and systematic work with students. Linguistic competence of future scientists and engineers involves a high culture of speech, highly skilled vocabulary due to the need for accurate and normative professional communication at all levels of professional activity, the ability to responsibly and on the basis of thorough mastery of all aspects of terminology analysis implement them in all areas of scientific and technical development to ensure the harmonious and full development of Ukrainian scientific and technical terminology. Prospects for further research are identified in the detail of these five main aspects in the context of individual terminological systems.

The Most Important Aspects of Studying Term Vocabulary With Students of Engineering and Technical Specialties

Куньч¹

2022

THE STYLISTIC ROLE OF DETERMINOLOGISMS IN THE COMPOSITION OF COMPARISONS (based on Bohdan Lepky`s story “Motrya”)

Куньч¹

2023

The article analyzes the use of determinologisms in the comparisons composition as a feature of the writer`s creative manner based on Bohdan Lepky`s story “Motrya”. In order to find out the stylistic role and methods of achieving an artistic effect with the help of this trope, we have implemented several tasks: to carry out a continuous selection of comparisons using determinologisms from B. Lepky`s historical story “Motrya”; to analyze the selected comparisons concerning the formal way of achieving comparability and identify which of them are typical for the writer`s style; to outline the thematic categories of determinologisms used in comparisons; to find out the stylistic possibilities of comparisons with the use of determinologisms in an artistic work; to describe the characteristic features of B. Lepky`s creative style related to the use of comparisons. In our research, we have used the following methodology: the method of continuous selection was used to select quotes from the novel`s text in which the author used comparisons of different types, including determinologisms, also with the help of structural-thematic and semantic analysis, the selected comparisons were classified according to the formal ways of achieving comparability. Statistical methods made it possible to identify the quantitative parameters of the studied material. Descriptive, comparative, component, and deductive research methods were also used to realize the set goal. Based on the analysis of 167 quotes selected from the text of B. Lepky`s story “Motrya”, the author used a comparison with the involvement of determinologisms, direct comparison (comparative phrase, subordinate comparative clause), indirect comparison, and logical comparison. There is a significant quantitative advantage of direct comparisons (63 %). To create direct comparisons, the writer uses more often the conjunction “як” (70,2 %), less often “ніби” (16.7 %), and other comparative conjunctions occur sporadically. An essential feature of the writer`s creative manner is the predominance of complex abstract concepts comparisons with simple, understandable determinologisms of several thematic groups for every reader. The largest groups are zoological and technical determinologisms relating to various craft professions, military, artistic, geographical, climatic, astronomical determinologisms, and others. We observe that determinologisms are not perceived in the artistic text as something foreign. They reflect the peculiarities of the modern author`s communicative space, testify to his high intellectual level, and are directed to the same educated readers. A comparison is a vivid means of expressing the author`s attitude towards a particular person or phenomenon since there is no real connection between the compared and the comparative object, and the writer chooses the object of comparison with his creative imagination and determines the comparative feature. That all contributes to the emergence of a particular expression. In B. Lepky`s story “Motrya”, the stylistic role of comparisons manifests itself: it focuses attention on some feature of an object or phenomenon by comparing it with another object or phenomenon where this feature stands out very clearly. The analyzed material found comparisons based on attributive, adjectival, or predicative features. We have established that the comparison through the juxtaposition of language units from different thematic fields emphasizes the content and creates a unique artistic effect: significant semantic features are actualized, additional connotations are superimposed, and an original image appears, which makes a particular expressive impression on the readers. The following characteristic features of B. Lepky`s creative manner, related to the use of comparisons, which include determinism, have been identified: the dominance of the conjunction as in direct comparisons; the prevalence in comparisons of well-known zoological and technical determinologisms, which expand their semantic field and contribute to the emotionality of the expression; the highly specialized determinologisms revealed in the analyzed material are organically included in the artistic context and become an essential component of the writer`s individual authorial style; logical comparisons are usually accompanied by the author`s reasons explanation for the comparison, thus creating a kind of author`s extended allegory combined with the comparison; comparisons are often combined with other stylistic devices (rhetorical appeal, allegory, irony, metaphor, parallelism, etc.); the writer demonstrates his commitment to folk Ukrainian traditions, the use of comparisons involve folk proverbs, sayings, unfavorable comparisons, etc.

STYLISTIC ROLE OF DETERMINED VOCABULARY IN PUBLICISTIC STYLE (Based on the material of Lina Kostenko’s article “The Humanitarian Aura of a Nation, or The Defect of the Main Mirror”)

Kunch

2024

This research aims to analyze the stylistic possibilities of deterministic vocabulary in a journalistic style based on the material of Lina Kostenko’s article “The Humanitarian Aura of the Nation, or the Defect of the Main Mirror”. To achieve this goal, we have carried out a continuous selection of quotes from the analyzed article using lexical units that have undergone determination; described the thematic classes of deterministic lexemes, distinguished the decisions of the functional, lexical-semantic, and traced semantic-stylistic levels, the semantic modifications of the deterministic vocabulary; revealed the stylistic role of determinations for achieving a communicative goal. The article uses several linguistic and general scientific research methods: the continuous selection method that we used to single out quotes in which the author used deterministic lexemes; based on semantic analysis, we have carried out a thematic classification of the studied material; statistical methods made it possible to reveal quantitative parameters of thematic groups of deterministic vocabulary; with the help of structural-thematic and semantic analysis, we have classified selected lexemes according to the levels of determination; we have also applied the interpretive method to reveal the semantics of deterministic lexical units in specific contexts, of analysis. We have also used descriptive, comparative, component, and deductive research methods to accomplish the article’s aim. We have singled out 167 quotations with lexical units that underwent determination and were used for different stylistic or content purposes. We have identified 146 terms of twenty-one thematic groups. The most frequently presented general scientific terms (19.2%), political science (13.8%), psychological (9.6%), and historical (8.9%) terms, the dominance of which can be explained primarily by the content features of the analyzed work. Considering the degree of loss of the signs of the term by the lexeme, 67% of determined lexemes are functional determinations that belong mainly to the groups of general scientific terms and terms of the socio-political sphere. We have established that the functional determinations reflect the features of the modern communicative space, testify to the high intellectual level of the author, and are aimed at the same educated readers. Determinations of the lexical-semantic level arise due to the modification of term semantics and the emergence of a new, universal meaning of the lexeme, usually recorded in explanatory dictionaries. Thanks to the combination of language units from different thematic fields, seven intentions are actualized, additional common language connotations are superimposed, and original imagery arises – all this contributes to the emergence of a specific expression inherent in the journalistic style of literary language. We have revealed that the term gets the semantic-stylistic level of determination when it undergoes certain semantic modifications and becomes an element of an artistic device (trope, stylistic figure). The specificity of Lina Kostenko’s creative style determines the presence of complex artistic images in the analyzed work, which combine semantic transformations and stylistic means – figures, and tropes. Usually, artistic metaphors with antitheses, oxymorons, epithets, phraseology, etc., are intertwined in one quote. Determinations contribute to the semantic accuracy, exactness, and imagery of speech and reflect the author’s subjective perception of the corresponding subject or phenomenon, strengthen the author’s assessment of what was said, and contribute to the statement’s expression.