Дисертаційну працю присвячено вивченню української та англійської
стоматологічної термінолексики в термінознавчому, лексикографічному та
перекладознавчому вимірах, проблемам англо-українського перекладу текстів
стоматологічної тематики та практичним аспектам укладання англо-українського
тлумачного словника стоматологічних термінів. Здійснено різновекторне вивчення
основних термінологічних понять і сучасних підходів до вивчення терміна;
розглянуто питання впорядкування української стоматологічної термінології в межах
медичної макротерміносистеми; досліджено структурні та словотвірні типи
стоматологічних терміноодиниць; проведено лексикографічне опрацювання
стоматологічної термінолексики на основі сформованої вибірки термінів. Висвітлено
питання англо-українського перекладу стоматологічної термінології в структурно-
семантичному аспекті; з’ясовано дериваційні характеристики стоматологічних
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термінів; здійснено структурний аналіз відповідних термінів з конструюванням
моделей багатокомпонентних термінів та зазначенням особливостей їх перекладу.
Диссертация посвящена изучению украинской и английской
стоматологической терминолексики в терминоведческом, лексикографическом и
переводоведческом измерениях, проблемам англо-украинского перевода текстов
стоматологической тематики и практическим аспектам составления англо-
украинского толкового словаря стоматологических терминов. Проведено
всестороннее изучение основных терминологических понятий и современных
подходов к изучению термина; рассмотрено вопрос упорядочения украинской
стоматологической терминологии в контексте медицинской макротерминосистемы;
исследовано структурные и словообразовательные типы стоматологических
терминоединиц; выполнено лексикографическое описание стоматологической
терминолексики на основе составленной выборки терминов. Изучен вопрос англо-
украинского перевода стоматологической терминологии в структурно-
семантическом аспекте; установлено деривационные характеристики
стоматологических терминов; осуществлен структурный анализ соответствующих
терминов с конструированием моделей многокомпонентных терминов и указанием
особенностей их перевода.
Thesis for a Candidate’s Degree in Philology, Specialty 10.02.21 – Structural,
Applied and Mathematical Linguistics. – National Pedagogical Dragomanov University,
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2021.
The thesis deals with the comprehensive investigation of dental terminology
in Ukrainian and English languages in terminological, lexicographic, structural-semantic,
and translation-oriented dimensions with the compiling of a pilot version of the English-
Ukrainian explanatory dictionary of dental terms. The scientific novelty of the research lies
in the development of an original conception and principles of compiling a bilingual explanatory dictionary of dental terms. As an appendix to the study, the register of head
terms containing 3130 dental terms with Ukrainian equivalents was presented, and 800
of them were lexicographically described according to the developed method
of the dictionary compiling.
The study reveals the nature of the major terminological concepts and determines
structural-systematic, cognitive, and sociolinguistic approaches to the investigation
of terminology. The thesis defines a term as a special lexical unit of scientific language,
which unambiguously denotes a special concept or phenomenon of a certain science or
sphere of public life and belongs to the relevant terminological system. The notion
of terminological system is interpreted as a terminological continuum
of special lexical units of a certain science, where there are the systemic connections and
relationships between them in the context of this science.
The presented work clarifies the stages of the dental terminology evolution within
the paradigm of Ukrainian and English medical terminology. The development stages
of the latter are believed to correlate with the corresponding periods of Ukrainian general
scientific terminology development.
In addition, the present study deals with the linguistic problems of Ukrainian dental
terminology: the ratio of specific and borrowed terminology is established, the advantages
and disadvantages of such terminological units functioning within the dental terminological
system are determined, as well as their interaction and the need for ordering are outlined.
Within the current stage, dental terminology in Ukrainian language, which has been
developed over the centuries, incorporates national terminological features as well
as foreign and international terminological units, which were adapted to the norms
of the Ukrainian language. The specific feature of all medical terminological systems is the presence of Latin and
Greek roots. The integral system of dental terminology consists of the following term
groups: anatomical nomenclature, highly specialized dental terminology, specialized
medical terminology, and pharmaceutical terminology.
Within the framework of the research, quantitative indicators of ‘term saturation’
of dental texts were established experimentally using the developed set of dental terms:
this value was ranged between 30 and 33%.
Based on the analysis of dental lexical units in the structural and semantic aspect,
a thesaurus model of such terminological system was developed as well as the field structure
of the dental terminology system and its correlation with the term saturation value within
the specialized texts were specified.
The study also analyzed the problematic aspects of the English-Ukrainian translation
of multicomponent terms and abbreviations, the structural features of dental terms;
and an algorithm of their translation in accordance with the selected structural models was
proposed. Morphemic analysis of dental terms was defined as an important tool
for constructing the definition of the term. In addition, the most frequently used word
elements in the area of dentistry were studied and possible translation options were
indicated. Using the thesaurus approach, the subgroups of the highly specialized dental
terminology system were determined and the lexical-thematic stratification of terms
within each of them according to the branches of dental science was carried out (the basic lexical-thematic terminological groups were outlined according to the main specialties
of dental science – therapeutic, orthopedic, surgical dentistry, and pediatric dentistry).
Finally, the author has offered his own conception of the dictionary development,
and suggested the macro-, micro- and media structure of the English-Ukrainian explanatory
dictionary of dental terms, which is an appendix to the proposed research. The specific
features of the dictionary, the structure of the dictionary article, the process of dictionary
compilation, selection process of head terms and translation equivalents were also described
within this study. Since the dictionary article contains a definition of the term,
the methodological principles of describing the meaning of dental terms were outlined.
Within the research we concluded that the normalisation and unification processes
of Ukrainian medical and dental terminology should be systematic and centrally
coordinated. This means that the next practical task after the standardization and
systematization of Ukrainian dental terminology is to introduce this terminology in use
through compiling appropriate dictionaries, reference materials and through the educational
process in medical educational establishments.
