THE TERMINOLOGICAL IDIOLECT OF YAROSLAV-BOHDAN RUDNYTSKY’S LINGUISTIC PAPERS

Abstract

The article deals with the structural-semantic analysis of the linguistic terminology represented in J.-B. Rudnytsky’s scientific papers. The scientist’s approaches to term formation, ways of introducing the term into the text, interpretation of its meaning, description of situations of terminological instability, etc. have been outlined. The specific Ukrainian terms used by the linguist have been characterized on a semantic criterion. Among them are the names of sections of linguistics, linguistic phenomena, parts of speech and their types, grammatical categories and forms of their expression, types of names and word forms, names of different groups of words, affixes, and their varieties, types of sounds, graphic and punctuation marks. The structural features of the linguistic terms inherent in J.-B. Rudnytsky’s scientific idiolect (uniterms, composites, complex terms) has been defined. Terms with an adjective component are considered as a specific feature of the scientist’s idiolect. According to semantics, terms for denotation linguistic phenomena, types of language, grammatical forms, categories of tokens, sets, punctuation marks, etc. have been singled out among them. The influence of the Western Ukrainian version of the Ukrainian language on the style of Prof. J.-B. Rudnytsky’s scientific studies, in particular, linguistic terminology have been revealed. The most frequent linguistic terms of foreign origin from the researcher’s idiolexicon have been grouped on a structural criterion. The author outlines the word-forming models of term formation, characterizes the individual scientific style of J.-B. Rudnytsky, comparing them with modern trends in the development of the Ukrainian language and its terminology. The article analyzes the manifestation of terminological synonymy in the scientist’s linguistic explorations, identifies the most common terminological hyperonyms represented in his scientific texts on linguistics.