Abstract
The paper deals with professional linguistic identity, the study of which is the priority area of cognitive terminology studies. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the development stages of professional linguistic identity of a mining engineer dealing with tailing dams and embankments and failures and accidents on them. The analysis of a mining engineer professional linguistic identity formation was carried out according to the three level system: 1) the level of specialist professional consciousness; 2) the verbal level; 3) the motivation and pragmatic level. As the result of this investigation the term system structure was developed, which showed the formation of professional linguistic identity. The final stage of professional linguistic identity formation is the script construction. The analyzed stages highlight that development and activity of professional linguistic identity reflect connections of a person with his/hers professional activity, and peculiarities of the person mentality prescribe priority ways of conceptualization and categorization of the world. The result is professional discourse which demonstrates professional qualities of professional linguistic identity.
Highlights
The successful implementation of cognitive approach to terminology caused the relation of terminological researches to cognitive science, which allowed looking at the term and the term system, at structures of professional knowledge denoting the terms, at professional communication, and at the professional linguistic identity in a new light
The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of professional linguistic identity formation of a mining engineer, who deals with the construction of tailing dams and dikes
The above steps of an engineer professional linguistic identity formation showed that the process of development and functioning of a professional linguistic identity demonstrates close relationship of a person with his professional activity; his peculiarities of thinking dictate the priority ways of conceptualization and categorization of the world
Summary
The successful implementation of cognitive approach to terminology caused the relation of terminological researches to cognitive science, which allowed looking at the term and the term system, at structures of professional knowledge denoting the terms, at professional communication, and at the professional linguistic identity in a new light. We believe that at the moment the most promising areas of cognitive terminology are “the study of special vocabulary performance in different types of discourse (scientific and oral professional discourse), the development of the coherent typology of professional discourses, subdiscourses, genres of professional communication, and the study of professional linguistic identity, and the development of professional linguistic identity typology” [1]. The category of professional linguistic identity (PLI) is one of the main categories of cognitive terminology, and it manifests itself through scientific discourse, reflecting knowledge of the world and estimated attitudes to it [2]
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