FRAME APPROACH TO STUDYING ENGLISH OPHTHALMOLOGIC TERMINOLOGY

Journal Title: Закарпатські філологічні студії - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

The article presents an attempt to construct the conceptual system “Ophthalmology” from the grounds of frame semantics. The material under research was 5 100 terms, selected by continuous sampling from the following reference books: “Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology” Albert & Jakobiec (1995), 12-volume edition of the American Academy of Ophthalmology “Basic and Clinical Science Course” (1998–1999), Duane’s “Ophthalmology” (1996). As an example of constructing a frame, subframe SFI Visual system physiology is considered in detail.

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Ю. В. Віт

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Ю. В. Віт (2018). FRAME APPROACH TO STUDYING ENGLISH OPHTHALMOLOGIC TERMINOLOGY. Закарпатські філологічні студії, 3(1), 96-104. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-561054