On some methods in the taxonomy of naval vocabulary (artillery profile)

the article deals with the issues of taxonomy in naval terminology system(s) as one of the ways of systematisation of research-and-technology vocabulary. The study aims to analyse the possibilities of applying the terminology classification developed by T.L. Kandelaki. To handle this objective, about 350 terms were selected from the artillery profile vocabulary and correlated with nine groups: “objects”, “processes”, “states”, “modes”, “properties”, “values”, “measurement units”, “sciences and branches”, “professions and occupations”. The research source was represented by the scholarly academic literature studied by cadets of higher naval educational institutions mastering the training profile 26.05.04 “Application and operation of technical systems of surface crafts and submarines”. The research revealed that semantically the terms belonging to the category of “properties” (27%) prevailed. Lexical units belonging to the category of “professions and occupations” were very seldom used in the analysed sources (2%). In addition, based on the analysis results, it was concluded that not all naval terms can be accurately correlated with the categories offered by T.L. Kandelaki’s classification as far as semantically they can fall under different categories in equal measure, which complicates their structuring. Nevertheless, the terminology systems taxonomy provides opportunities for their more detailed study and the development of a completely new classification applicable to naval terminology systems.

term, terminology, terminology system, linguistic taxonomy, classification, hyponyms, hyperonyms