Abstract
This article focuses on the influence of cognitive activities of a medical specialist on formation and development of the terminological field “surgical instruments” of the German language. The terminological field “surgical instruments” of the German language was analysed by means of definitional, categorical, conceptual analysis, as well as by means of the method of frame modeling. It was found that the identification of categories of the terminological field “surgical instruments” helps us to understand the correlation of cognitive and linguistic structures, since the form and the content of the term contain information about the mechanism of the process of nomination. Frame is a group of categories and cognitive features. It contains certain terminological units that specify the instrument, indicate the form, size and its other characteristics.
Highlights
In the late 90s of the 20th century, cognitive terminology studies arose in the framework of cognitive linguistics and general terminology [1]
Cognitive terminology studies are focused on the research of the correlation of terminologies, term systems and terminological fields with the structures of special knowledge behind them
The formation of the terminological field “surgical instruments” in the German language is associated with the origin of surgery
Summary
In the late 90s of the 20th century, cognitive terminology studies arose in the framework of cognitive linguistics and general terminology [1]. V. von Humboldt did regard language as a tool for expressing the thought, but mainly as a means of forming the thought, which influences the process of thinking [5] This approach to language has become a fundamental one for the development of cognitive research area, since the basis of this area is a new understanding of the functioning of the language. Term is considered as a cognitive structure, “an operational unit of thinking that stores and transmits scientific and professional information” [8] It is a dynamic lexical unit of any field of science, which has a number of functions and which is created to define special concepts. The number and volume of subframes of different levels, which follow the hyperframe, depend on the cognitive base of the specialist, his knowledge and experience
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