PROBLEMS OF ONOMASTIC VOCABULARY TERMINOLOGIZATION PROCESSES

Abstract

Aim. Identify the processes of semantisation and desemantisation that affect the status of the word/term and determine the reasons for terminologization of a proper name. The article deals with problematic issues related to eponyms - a phenomenon that occupies a special position both in general lexicology and in terminology. Methodology. The study of the transition of a proper name into a term is carried out in a comparative aspect using the linguistic material related to art history terminology. The language material (Russian and English terms, which were based on an artist's name) was collected through the method of continuous sampling from dictionaries and scientific literature. To analyze the collected language material from the perspective of comparative linguistics, we used definitional, comparative, contrastive, and cognitive methods. Results. The results of the analysis suggest that the terminologization of proper names leads to the manifestation of homonymy and synonymy - phenomena that are considered undesirable in terminology, since they require an additional description of their meaning. But at the same time, eponymous terms perform a special function - a memorial one. Research implications. The results obtained in the course of the study supplement the information available in linguistics about the reasons for the terminologization of onomastic vocabulary. The practical value of the research lies in the possibility of using the linguistic material and the results of the research in onomastics, general and private lexicology, terminology, anthropolinguistics, comparative linguistics.