Specifics of the Interaction Between Professional Medical Discourse and Terminological System

Nataliia Misnyk

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Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Language Studies at the O.O. Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2175-8068

e-mail: nataliiamisnyk@gmail.com

Title: Specifics of the Interaction Between Professional Medical Discourse and Terminological System

https://doi.org/10.37919/2221-8807-2025-8-42

Rubric: Professional Language in the Education System. Term in an Educational Text

Abstract: The study examines the issues related to the functioning of a term as a marker of interaction between professional discourse and the specialized terminological system. The influence of scientific discourse on the meaning of a terminological unit, its stability, or its ability to change within its system is analyzed based on professionally oriented medical vocabulary. The author presents the results of a collective monographic study dedicated to the scientific-theoretical parameters of Ukrainian medical discourse and the medical terminological system, where the term and its functional specificity serve as manifestations of their interaction.
The communicative-pragmatic paradigm of the simultaneous existence of a term within both scientific discourse and the system of medical terms is identified as a relevant research focus. It is determined that under the influence of discourse, both the content and the functioning of a scientific term may undergo changes. The practical implementation of the study’s key findings is presented in terms of the normative use of terminology in contemporary medical written communication.

Keywords: term, terminological system, medical discourse, professional written communication.

References:

Lytvynenko, N., Misnyk, N., & Nikolaiev, V. (2025). Professional discourse and terminology system in cooperation: monograph. Kyiv: Fenix (in Eng.).
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