MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN LINGUO-ECOLOGICAL ASPECT: FEATURES OF THE TERMINOLOGICAL FIELD “SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS” IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article gives a review of the formation of a new paradigm of linguistics - ecolinguistics. It is noted that the language, as part of national culture, needs to be protected, since the death of a language is not just the disappearance of a dialect, it entails the extinction of an entire culture. At present, it is necessary to talk about an ecological crisis and an ecological catastrophe in the language sphere. The ecological catastrophe in the sphere of language is the result of such processes as globalization, the unification of cultures with the slogan of “post-modern”, the destruction of nation states and ethnic diversity, the Americanization of the patterns of “mass-culture” which finally leads to the unification of languages. The terminological field “surgical instruments” of the German language is regarded in the article in linguo-ecological aspect. The author writes that the use of borrowings is the factor that has a negative impact on the development of the national language. It is revealed that the main feature of the studied terminological field is the desire to use national terms, which are semantic borrowings. The analysis of terminological field “surgical instruments” of the German language showed that 45.1 % of the studies lexical units are the national terms.