The article examines the concept of lexicography, in particular, the scientists’ points of view on the definition of the terms «lexicography», «terminography», «terminological dictionary». The author analyzes the concept of terminological lexicography as the science of designing and compiling dictionaries of special vocabulary, which is closely related to the terminology of the industry. The prerequisites for the creation of the dictionary of the Ukrainian beekeeping terms have been determined, having analyzed the history of their lexicographical reproduction in the most productive periods of the formation of the field’s terminology system. It has been found that the linguistic and historiographical features of the formation of the beekeeping terminology system are to determine the time and preconditions for the formation of the industry’s terms in accordance with the development of the Ukrainian language and the history of the industry itself in Ukraine. The practical output of the dissertation research was the Index of Ukrainian Beekeeping Terms, in which we did not aim to interpret the terms. The prerequisite for its compilation was the study of scientific literature and lexicographical works, the creation of a lexical index, inventory and systematization of Ukrainian beekeeping terms. Therefore, at the present stage of development of beekeeping terminology, an important task in further scientific work is to compile a terminological dictionary of Ukrainian beekeeping terminology of an explanatory type, which will present all the collected factual material. The development of the compilation methodology and the concept of the future dictionary are conditionally presented. Namely, the thematic scope, register, form, purpose, functions, specific methods of compiling this dictionary, as well as the principles of organization, presentation (interpretation, description) of lexical units. The explanatory dictionary of beekeeping terminology is an intermediate type between the common language and encyclopedic dictionaries. Its main task is to reveal the meaning of the term, in particular, the correspondence of the definition to the concept denoted, which should be concise and expressive, reflecting the objective processes of the subject area hidden in this term. The language of description of an explanatory dictionary entry is focused on the systemic relations that exist in the language itself. We have developed instructions for an explanatory dictionary of Ukrainian beekeeping terms as a consolidated collection of uniform rules and guidelines to obtain the final result in our scientific lexicographic work. Our dictionary will not only record a set of certain information, in particular, the beekeeping industry, but will also serve as a reliable tool for scientific understanding of reality.
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