SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF MARITIME TERMINOLOGY

Abstract

The ways of development of the English language are closely connected with the history, traditions, and way of life of the people of the country of this language. The formation of the English language was significantly influenced by important historical events that took place in the British Isles. The peculiarities of the geographical location, the country's economy, and the political situation required an increase in the military and commercial power of England on the seas, which led to the need for the development of England as a maritime state. In the 17th century, shipbuilding and navigation began to develop rapidly. Since that time, maritime terminology began to play one of the most important roles in the life of the country. This work is devoted to the study of the structural and semantic features of English marine terms. The concept of “term” as a way of expressing special knowledge is considered. The semantic features of marine terms in English are analyzed. An analysis of the lexical- semantic field in English-language maritime terminology was carried out. The concepts of semantics were examined and the main features of the semantics of the term were analyzed. During the analysis, the following features were identified: the connection between the semantics of the term and the concept, the connection between the terminological and commonly used meanings of the word, as well as the dual systemic nature of the term. The purpose of the presented research is to study the structural and semantic characteristics of the English maritime terminology system. The following tasks follow from the set goals: 1) to distinguish between the concepts of “terminology” and «terminosystem»; 2) to consider existing classifications and determine the composition of the main thematic groups of the English maritime terminology system; 3) to outline the word-formation features of English maritime terminology and systematize words related to maritime topics concerning the most productive methods of word formation. The object of study is English maritime terminological units, expressions, figures of speech related to shipbuilding and navigation. The subject of the study is the structural and semantic aspects of English maritime terminology.