Terminological saturation and frequency in English LSP fitness texts
Journal Title: Науковий вісник Дрогобицького державного педагогічного університету імені Івана Франка. Серія: Філологічні науки (мовознавство) - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
This article is devoted to the functional aspects of fitness terms in LSP texts. The study of terminological saturation and frequency in Englishlanguage professional fitness texts makes it possible to compare the percentage of intra-industry, generalknowledge and commonly used vocabulary. To assess the terminological frequency and saturation we have selected 39 sample-texts of 500 notional words each. With the help of statistical studies we can record the basic vocabulary of the Language for Special Purposes which, in combination with other parameters, can be used to form terminological dictionaries. The statistical analysis of the obtained data demonstrates the dependence of the abstract level of the LSP text on the terminological saturation. The higher the saturation of the text by narrow scientific terms, the higher the degree of orientation of this text to the problems of a specific field of scientific information. We also established that the texts of EXPERT/SPECIALIST → FUTURE SPECIALIST type have the largest terminological saturation with narrow scientific terms. The conclusions consider further perspectives of the study of fitness terms.
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І. Б. Павлюк
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