The hypernym-hyponym relationships within the English terminology of forestry
Journal Title: Науковий вісник Дрогобицького державного педагогічного університету імені Івана Франка. Серія: Філологічні науки (мовознавство) - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
The article focuses on the specifics of hypernym and hyponym relationships of terms within the English forestry terminology. The examination of semantics and subordination of terms is one of the aspects to analyse specific language of any field. The systemic study of language for specific purposes reveals hierarchical structures that are realized as generic (hypernym) and specific (hyponym) links. They are considered to be the most fundamental paradigmatic relations of sense by means of which the specialized vocabulary is structured taxonomically or thematically. We can define the hypernym and hyponym relationships in forestry terminology as systemic relations that intend to be structured on the basis of special vocabulary of the forestry field in terms of the generic-specific. The hierarchical structures of terms can be formed within the whole terminology system based on the systemic word-formation category. Hypernym and hyponym relationships are closely related to syntagmatic chains that can be observed due to linear expansion: the generic term functions as the core term and covers less semantic components while specific term is semantically wider compared to generic one. Most of the concepts and their definitions can be expressed through genus proximum and differentia specifica approach. The Forestry terminology is characterized by hierarchy of semantic levels and is clearly revealed in the structural subordination of dendrological lexemes due to the most widely spread and largest classification of the natural world that is grouped by organisms by their distinctions within the species, genus, family, etc. Owing to logical implication that is made the underlying ground for lexical sense relations, specific terms can be replaced by generic one
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Л. Т. Миклаш
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