Phraseological nomination in the terminological system of international law: semantic cognitive approach

Abstract

The article considers the types of phraseological nominations of the terminological system of international law, and also determines the type of connection between the components in their structure. The relevance of the work stems from the need to develop the professional language of international relations, which is one of the most important social areas of legal regulation. The study of terminological units as part of the terminological system of international law in the cognitive aspect allows to establish the prerequisites leading to the method of verbalization of professional knowledge in this area. Connecting the term with real-life realities helps to understand the thought process of the actor who chose the nomination. The terminology of international law, developed taking into account the rapidly changing reality, contributes to the effective solution of the tasks faced by specialists in the field of interstate interactions. Phraseologisms are recognized as a special form of terminological nomination. The problem of interpretation of term- phraseological units is caused by the specificity of lexical units, which combine in their semantics, on the one hand, features of phraseological units, and on the other hand, professional lexicon. The combination leads to the representation of professionally relevant information by combining ordinary (contained in phraseological units) and professional knowledge. With the help of the methods of definitional analysis and component analysis, it was possible to reveal the peculiarities of the formation of the semantic structure of term-phraseological units of international law, as well as to reveal the connections of various types of knowledge in it. Phraseological terms of international law are formed by means of three models, where the components in the structure of phraseological units enter into various types of relations: association, intersection, imposition. At the same time, the most frequent type of communication is the combination of professional and common knowledge in the structure of terms-phraseology. The conceptual analysis showed the presence in the professional lexicon of international law units, formed by means of a visual-image perception of an object or phenomenon, which indicates the absence of a clear boundary between two types of knowledge – ordinary and professional.

Keywords

• term
• professional vocabulary
• phraseological nomination
• type of knowledge
• scientific knowledge
• everyday knowledge
• terminology
• international law