The influence of borrowings and internationalisms on the development of diplomatic terminology

Abstract

Purpose of the study. The article analyzes the lexico-semantic features of the terminology system of diplomacy, the ways of its development, the role of borrowings and internationalisms in the construction of this professional sublanguage, examines the pragmatic functionality of the terminological units of the given terminology system, analyzes the lexical conjugation of the terms of the Ukrainian terminology, with their correspondences in German, French, English and Russian, as well as aspects of the normalization of this professional sublanguage. The terms of diplomacy of the modern Ukrainian language served as an object of research. The tasks of this research led to a comprehensive research methodology - the main method is analytical and descriptive (study of the ways of term formation in the structural and semantic aspects). The statistical method (a quantitative study of the relationships between various facts) was also used for contrasting (the functioning of diplomatic terms in Ukrainian, English, German, French and Russian). The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that the terminology of diplomacy is studied at the micro- and macrolevels, the interrelation and differences in the TOE of the indicated terminology system in different languages are shown. Conclusions. The result of the study was the manifestation of certain regularities and features of the development of the terminology system of diplomacy, some linguistic aspects of the functioning of terms on the example of a professional sublanguage of diplomacy.