LINGVO-COGNITIVE APPROACH TO THE STUDYING OF VETERINARY TERMINOLOGY

Abstract

The article investigates the issues of the English veterinary terminology from cognitive linguistics perspective. Frame analysis gives a possibility to represent complex terminological system of veterinary medicine and terms concerned with it in the form of frame chart which has a complex branch structure. On the basis of analysis of the internet sources we selected divisions of veterinary science which became the material for the charts given in this article. The choice of these divisions was caused by their actuality in veterinary community. Each level of chart has its own points of branching which represent the particular area of science in form of frame structures which compose the basis for the groups of the next hierarchical levels. Every single frame and the entire system have their own collection of lexical and grammatical means to represent conceptual knowledge in the language of veterinary medicine. Represented in the form of frames structure is the base for their farther expansion and deepening.