History of Terminological Work in Georgia and Modern Georgian Terminology
Keywords:
Modern Georgian terminology, terminological tradition, transliterated terms.Abstract
This paper explores modern Georgian terminology against the backdrop of the history of Georgian term formation. It studies different periods of terminological work in the country and discusses the characteristic features, challenges and achievements of each period.
The empirical data that this article is based on was collected from several biological dictionaries (see the dictionary section of references), 800 terms altogether, from the fields of immunology, genetics and biotechnology.
The study applied a quantitative method of analysis. The selected terms were also analyzed with regard to their sources and structural-semantic characteristics. The tradition of Georgian term formation differs significantly from the state of modern Georgian terminology which is mostly filled with borrowings from the English language. This determines the necessity to re-evaluate the existing practice of terminological word formation and develop new approaches.
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