LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC TYPOLOGY OF TERMINOLOGICAL UNITS BELONGING TO ENGLISH SUBLANGUAGE OF INFECTOLOGY

Abstract

The article attempts to analyze structural peculiarities of terminological units belonging to the sublanguage of infectology of modern English. Verbal codification of selected terminological phrases in modern medical encyclopedic dictionaries is traced. The specifics of their semantics are highlighted and the development of the most productive semantic and thematic classification is presented. The conducted study has used the method of continuous sampling, which allowed the selection of actual material; descriptive method, due to which the inventory and internal interpretation of the selected terminological units were carried out; structural method for establishing connections and relationships between language elements. The further perspective for more detailed research of language units at all language levels, including the analysis of new terms that appear as a result of assimilation and borrowing with the development of English medical discourse and the necessity to name the latest concepts in the field is evident. Moreover, such a decisive development of medicine, and in turn of medical lexicology, which is not limited and continuous even now due to the rapid development of science and technology. It should also be noted that, apparently, no branch of medicine is under such a significant influence of environmental factors as infectious diseases. The obvious proof of this statement can be viewed in the current situation of the medical space on a global scale; which once again emphasizes the relevance of this study. This is primarily the emergence of new strains of viruses due to their constant ability to mutate and resistance to existing antiviral, antimicrobial and antifungal drugs. In this sense, infectious diseases are closely related to microbiology, pathological physiology and other fields of medicine. Thus, this work is not limited to a single area of infectious diseases and can serve as a basis for related studies of terminological systems of the above sciences.