Structural And Semantic Features Of Computer Terminology In Modern English

Abstract

Language of computer technology is one of the fastest growing layers of special vocabulary. Learning of ICT terminology facilitates the identification of semantic features which form the basis for the nomination of new technical devices and phenomena. The terms of information technology are among the least studied issues of modern linguistics. In the existing scientific literature the problem of the origin of the terms of ICT field has not received adequate coverage as a special study; there is no comprehensive description of native and borrowed English ICT terms, linguistic and extra linguistic factors of their appearance in the language are not revealed. Meanwhile, the special vocabulary plays an important role in creating communicative-pragmatic characteristics of the text of information technologies field. Semantic features of computer terminology and word formation processes in this field of knowledge are identified; not only the structural characteristics of the term, but also its internal content structure is considered. The scientific significance of the research is in the determination the structural and semantic features of ICT terminology.